文档介绍：Introduction to Continuum
Biomechanics
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Introduction to Continuum Biomechanics
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou and Roman M. Natoli
ISBN: 9781598296174 paperback
ISBN: 9781598296181 ebook
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A Publication in the Morgan & Claypool Publishers series
SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING #19
Lecture #19
Series Editor: John D. Enderle, University of Connecticut
Series ISSN
ISSN 1930-0328 print
ISSN 1930-0336 electronic
Introduction to Continuum
Biomechanics
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou and Roman M. Natoli
Rice University
SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING #19
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ABSTRACT
This book is concerned with the study of continuum mechanics applied to biological systems, .,
continuum biomechanics. This vast and exciting subject allows description of when a bone may
fracture due to excessive loading, how blood behaves as both a solid and fluid, down to how cells
respond to mechanical forces that lead to changes in their behavior, a process known as mechano-
transduction. We have written for senior undergraduate students and first year graduate students
in mechanical or biomedical engineering, but individuals working at panies that
deal in biomaterials or biomechanics should also find the information presented relevant and easily
accessible.
Keywords
Continuum mechanics, biomechanics, elasticity, Newtonian fluids, blood flow, Casson equation,
linear viscoelasticity, poroelasticity, thermoelasticity, biphasic theory
Dedication
To Kiley, Aristos, and Thasos for being the center and providing the apogee of my life. To all of my
graduate stu