Ebook: Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth
Author: Y. C. Fung (auth.)
- Tags: Biotechnology, Biophysics and Biological Physics
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Biomechanics aims to explain the mechanics oflife and living. From molecules to organisms, everything must obey the laws of mechanics. Clarification of mechanics clarifies many things. Biomechanics helps us to appreciate life. It sensitizes us to observe nature. It is a tool for design and invention of devices to improve the quality of life. It is a useful tool, a simple tool, a valuable tool, an unavoidable tool. It is a necessary part of biology and engineering. The method of biomechanics is the method of engineering, which consists of observation, experimentation, theorization, validation, and application. To understand any object, we must know its geometry and materials of construc tion, the mechanical properties of the materials involved, the governing natural laws, the mathematical formulation of specific problems and their solutions, and the results of validation. Once understood, one goes on to develop applications. In my plan to present an outline of biomechanics, I followed the engineering approach and used three volumes. In the first volume, Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, the geometrical struc ture and the rheological properties of various materials, tissues, and organs are presented. In the second volume, Biodynamics: Circulation, the physiology of blood circulation is analyzed by the engineering method.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Motion....Pages 1-28
Segmental Movement and Vibrations....Pages 29-61
External Flow: Fluid Dynamic Forces Acting on Moving Bodies....Pages 62-105
Flying and Swimming....Pages 106-154
Blood Flow in Heart, Lung, Arteries, and Veins....Pages 155-195
Micro- and Macrocirculation....Pages 196-225
Respiratory Gas Flow....Pages 226-274
Basic Transport Equations According to Thermodynamics, Molecular Diffusion, Mechanisms in Membranes, and Multiphasic Structure....Pages 275-308
Mass Transport in Capillaries, Tissues, Interstitial Space, Lymphatics, Indicator Dilution Method, and Peristalsis....Pages 309-352
Description of Internal Deformation and Forces....Pages 353-381
Stress, Strain, and Stability of Organs....Pages 382-451
Strength, Trauma, and Tolerance....Pages 452-498
Biomechanical Aspects of Growth and Tissue Engineering....Pages 499-546
Back Matter....Pages 547-569
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Motion....Pages 1-28
Segmental Movement and Vibrations....Pages 29-61
External Flow: Fluid Dynamic Forces Acting on Moving Bodies....Pages 62-105
Flying and Swimming....Pages 106-154
Blood Flow in Heart, Lung, Arteries, and Veins....Pages 155-195
Micro- and Macrocirculation....Pages 196-225
Respiratory Gas Flow....Pages 226-274
Basic Transport Equations According to Thermodynamics, Molecular Diffusion, Mechanisms in Membranes, and Multiphasic Structure....Pages 275-308
Mass Transport in Capillaries, Tissues, Interstitial Space, Lymphatics, Indicator Dilution Method, and Peristalsis....Pages 309-352
Description of Internal Deformation and Forces....Pages 353-381
Stress, Strain, and Stability of Organs....Pages 382-451
Strength, Trauma, and Tolerance....Pages 452-498
Biomechanical Aspects of Growth and Tissue Engineering....Pages 499-546
Back Matter....Pages 547-569
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