- Docente: Rita Stagni
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ING-IND/34
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Rita Stagni (Modulo 1) Rita Stagni (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Biomedical Engineering (cod. 8198)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will own the basic knowledge
necessary for biomechanical modelling of musculo-skelethal
and cardio-circulatory problems.
Course contents
Introduction:
- What is a model
- Basics in geometry and trigonometry
- Coordinate transformation
- Basics in kinematics and mechanics
- Deformations
- Stresses
- Constitutive equations
- Viscoelasticity (linear and non-linear)
Fluid-dynamics
Cardio-circulatory system modeling
Mechanics of the cardiac muscle
Laboratory workshops
Readings/Bibliography
Pdf material available on-line
Teaching methods
Class lessons, latoratory activity
Assessment methods
Written and oral test performed in one day
Teaching tools
Software tools:
- MD-solids
- Comsol Multphysics
- ADAMS
- Matlab
Office hours
See the website of Rita Stagni