- Docente: Giordano Valente
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/34
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Biomedical Engineering (cod. 8198)
Also valid for Campus of Bologna
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0938)
Learning outcomes
The course is intended to provide practical tools to perform biomechanical analyses through computational modeling of the musculoskeletal system.
The student will acquire fundamentals of mechanics applied to the musculoskeletal system and bone tissue, and computational tools in orthopaedic biomechanics at the organism level (musculoskeletal) and organ level (bone) to answer research questions.
Course contents
Lectures
- Introduction and applications of computational biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
- Fundamentals of continuum mechanics
- Multibody modeling of the musculoskeletal system
- Simulation of movement: inverse and forward dynamics problems and the OpenSim software
- The Finite Element Method: formulation and procedural aspects
- Mechanics and mechanobiology of the bone tissue
- Bone tissue modeling
- Model validation
- Statistical methods and scientific writing principles
Laboratory
Laboratory activities preparatory for the guided project on multibody musculoskeletal modeling with OpenSim, and finite element modeling with Ansys
Project
Guided project on musculoskeletal biomechanics subjects to answer research and clinical questions through biomechanical analyses using the computational tools acquired.
Readings/Bibliography
The course is mainly based on a set of slides, notes, software guides and scientific articles finalized to the project development
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars (about 40%), preparatory laboratory activities (about 25%) and guided project (about 35%).
Some desktop PC will be available, although using personal laptops is suggested
Assessment methods
Assigned project with scientific report to hand before the exam with supplementary electronic material.
The student will present and discuss the project with visual support (projected slides)
Teaching tools
Projected slides, computers with software installed for the laboratory and project, interactive discussions
Office hours
See the website of Giordano Valente