内容简介
IntroductoryBiomechanicsisanew,integratedtextwrittenspecificallyforengineeringstudents.Itprovidesabroadoverviewofthisimportantbranchoftherapidlygrowingfieldofbioengineering.Awideselectionoftopicsispresented,rangingfromthemechanicsofsinglecellstothedynamicsofhumanmovement.Nopriorbiologicalknowledgeisassumedandineachchapter,therelevantanatomyandphysiologyarefirstdescribed.Thebiologicalsystemisthenanalyzedfromamechanicalviewpointbyreducingittoitsessentialelements,usingthelawsofmechanicsandthentyingmechanicalinsightsbacktobiologicalfunction.Thisintegratedapproachprovidesstudentswithadeeperunderstandingofboththemechanicsandthebiologythanfromqualitativestudyalone.Thetextissupportedbyawealthofillustrations,tablesandexamples,alargeselectionofsuitableproblemsandhundredsofcurrentreferences,makingitanessentialtextbookforanybiomechanicscourse.
作者简介
C.RossEthierisaProfessorofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineering,theCanadaResearchChairinComputationalMechanics,andtheDirectoroftheInstituteofBiomaterialsandBiomedicalEngineeringattheUniversityofToronto,withcross-appointmenttotheDepartmentofOphthalmology&VisionSciences.Hisresearchfocusesonbiomechanicalfactorsinglaucomaandbloodflowandmasstransferinthelargearteries.Hehastaughtbiomechanicsforovertenyears.CraigA.SimmonsistheCanadaResearchChairinMechanobiologyandanassistantprofessorofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineeringattheUniversityofToronto,withcross-appointmentstotheInstituteofBiomaterialsandBiomedicalEngineeringandtheFacultyofDentistry.Hisresearchinterestsincludecellandtissuebiomechanicsandcellmechanobiology,particularlyasitrelatestotissueengineeringandheartvalvedisease.