330-0548/01 – Biomechanics (BM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Applied Mechanics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Frydrýšek, Ph.D., FEng. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Frydrýšek, Ph.D., FEng. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To teach the students the basic ways and methods applied in biomechanics. To provide the understanding of teaching subject. To understand the link between mechanics and biomechanics. To solve the basic tasks in biomechanics. To apply acquired skills in practice.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Other activities
Summary
Definition, practice, history, present and future of biomechanics (bionics, biocompatibility). Biomechanical view to engineering/robotics/cybernetics. Methods applied in biomechanics. Living and non-living organisms. Anatomy, morphology and physiology of human, animals and plants. Anthropometry, zoometry and auxology.
Biomechanics of plants. Loading, boundary and initial conditions for musculoskeletal system of humans and animals. Biomechanics of a human activities, sitting, moving, sport and human injuries. Experiments, measurements and numerical modelling. Ergonomy, prosthesis, orthesis and design of implants in medicíne. Biomechanical applications in engineerings, robotics and cybernetics.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
[1] VALENTA, J. a kol. Biomechanics. Prague: Academia, 1993.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit tests, oral and writting exam.
E-learning
not
Other requirements
There are not required any other requests
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Definition, practice, history, present and future of biomechanics (from bionics to genetics engineering and biocompatibility). From humanocentric/animocentric view to holistic naturocentric view on robotics/cybernetics
2. Brief review of mechanics.
3. Methods of diagnostics applied in biomechanics (RTG, CT, MRI, statistics, experiments, measurements, observation).
4. Living and non-living organisms and their description, properties and evolution.
5. Anatomy, morphology and physiology of human, animals and plants.
6. Anthropometry, zoometry and auxology.
7. biomechanics of plants.
8. Analysis of loading, boundary and initial conditions for musculoskeletal system of humans and animals.
9. Human body as a mechanism.
10. Biomechanics of sitting, moving, gait, running, sport, injury and their reasons (process analysis, accidents, human activity).
11. Experiments, measurements and numerical modelling in biomechanics.
12. Ergonomy of human work, prosthesis, orthesis and design of ostheosnthetic implants in traumatology, orthopaedics and rehabilitation.
13. Biomechanical applications in engineerings, robotics and cybernetics.
14. Excursion.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction