软组织和细胞生物力学
University of Melbourne
This subject introduces students to the analysis of soft tissue and cellular biomechanics. The human body is mostly composed of soft tissues. These tissues and their cells respond to or generate mechanical forces to sustain human health. For example: H eart muscle cells generate forces to pump blood. The stomach generates pulsatile forces that help food digestion. Cancer cells move and spread through the body by generating mechanical forces. Soft tissue mechanical properties change in cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal dysfunction and cancer. Therefore, studying the biomechanics of soft tissues and cells is essential to health and disease management. Soft tissues experience forces drastically differently to bones and engineering materials due to their soft nature. Standard engineering analysis methods that are adopted for bone biomechanics are not useful. This subject will introduce students to the right theoretical and experimental mechanical analysis framework to study soft tissue and cellular biomechanics. Students will learn the computational methods underlying finite element modeling, which is needed to perform accurate biomechanical analyses of soft tissues and cells. By the end of this subject, students will be proficient in advanced biomechanics concepts, which are essential to study soft tissues and cells. The subject will routinely expose students to applications of the subject concepts through case studies in cardiovascular biomechanics, cancer and tissue engineering. Guest lectures will be provided by industry, clinical and research experts who work in or apply principles of soft tissue and cellular biomechanics.
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