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Fundamentals of Mechanics and Biomechanics

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Course Unit Code330-2005/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
FRY72prof. Ing. Karel Frydrýšek, Ph.D., FEng.
Summary
This subject introduces students to mechanics and biomechanics branch (theory, practice, experiments and applications). The focus is mainly on statics, kinematics, dynamics, strength and elasticity, materials and their degradations, anatomy of organis, autopsy, genesis of injury, healing of tissue, numerical modelling, medical diagnostics, strength analysis of machine parts or implants etc.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Goals of subject: General knowledge, orientation and application in interdisciplinary fundamentals of mechanics and biomechanics (engineering, medicine, sport, rehabilitation, design of machine parts, strength and stiffness analyses, experiments, osteosynthesis, traumatology). The student gains range of knowledge in bioengineering/mechanical branches.
Course Contents
• Definition, practice, history, present and future of mechanics and biomechanics (since ancient to present day, from bionics to genetic engineering and biocompatibility).
• Statics of a solid body (force, moment, centre of mass, equilibrium).
• Idea of materials in mechanics and biomechanics (basic types, behaviour description, measurements, suitability, degradation, biocompatibility, tissue remodelation, healing of tissues).
• Statics of a deformable body (tensile/pressure, displacement, definition of deformations, stress, statically determinate and indeterminate problems).
• Statics of a deformable body (plane bending of beams, displacement, stress, statically determinate and indeterminate problems).
• Statics of a deformable body (torsion of beams, twisting, stress, statically determinate and indeterminate problems).
• Statics of a deformable body (strength hypothesis, design inequation, engineering design of parts).
• Dynamics and kinematics (trajectory, velocity, acceleration, vibration, impact of bodies).
• Anatomy of musculoskeletal system and motoric of plants, animals and humans and laboratory autopsy of fish.
• Biomechanics of motion, gait, loading in sports and injury of humans and animals (analysis of a process, boundary and initial conditions).
• Numerical modelling in biomechanics and mechanics.
• Experimental measurements and diagnostics in mechanics and biomechanics (material tests, displacement measurements, methods of medical and engineering diagnostics, RTG, CT, MRI, statistics, experiments).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
FRYDRÝŠEK, K. (2016). Basic Strength and Elasticity of Materials, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 1-264, ISBN 978-80-248-3870-0
ČADA, R.; FRYDRÝŠEK, K.; SEJDA, F.; DEMEL, J.; PLEVA, L.: Analysis of Locking Self-Taping Bone Screws for Angularly Stable Plates, Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 612-625, 2017, Doi: 10.1007/S40846-017-0279-4, Issn: 1609-0985, If 0.989
FRYDRÝŠEK, K., JOŘENEK, J., UČEŇ, O., KUBÍN, T., ŽILKA, L., PLEVA, L. (2012). Design of External Fixators Used in Traumatology and Orthopaedics – Treatment of Fractures of Pelvis and its Acetabulum, Procedia Engineering, vol. 48, 164-173, ISSN: 1877-7058, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.501
KRČÁL, O.: Příklady z pružnosti a pevnosti I, část 1, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1994, ISBN 80-7078-243-9.
KRČÁL, O., FRYDRÝŠEK, K., ADÁMKOVÁ, L.: Příklady z pružnosti a pevnosti 1 (část 2), VŠB-TU Ostrava, Ostrava, ISBN 978-80-248-1826-9, Ostrava, 2008, pp. 124.
KŘEN, J., ROSENBERG, J., JANÍČEK, P. Biomechanika. Západočeská univerzita, Plzeň, 2.vyd.2001, 380 s.
VALENTA, J. a kol. Biomechanika kosterního a hladkého svalstva člověka. Praha, ČVUT, 2008
JANURA, M. Úvod do biomechaniky pohybového systému člověka. Olomouc: Univ. Palackého, 2003. 1.vyd. 84 s.
ČADA, R.; FRYDRÝŠEK, K.; SEJDA, F.; DEMEL, J.; PLEVA, L.: Analysis of Locking Self-Taping Bone Screws for Angularly Stable Plates, Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 612-625, 2017, Doi: 10.1007/S40846-017-0279-4, Issn: 1609-0985, If 0.989
Recommended Reading:
HAMILL, J., KNUTZEN, K., M. Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003, 2. vyd. ISBN 0-7817-3405-3.
BANGASH, M. Y. et al. Trauma, an Engineering Analysis, Springer, Berlin, 2007
HALL, S. Basic Biomechanics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 576 s.
VALENTA, J. a kol. Biomechanics. Prague: Academia, 1993.
ÖZKAYA, N., LEGER, D., GOLDSHEYDER, D. et al. Fundamentals of Biomechanics (Equilibrium, Motion and Deformation), Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-44737-7
FRYDRÝŠEK, K. (2016). Basic Strength and Elasticity of Materials, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 1-264, ISBN 978-80-248-3870-0
LENERT, J.: Pružnost a pevnost I, 1. vyd., VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1998, ISBN 80-7078-392-3.
KUTÍLEK, P., ŽIŽKA, A. Vybrané kapitoly z experimentální biomechaniky, skripta, ČVUT, 2012.
KUTÍLEK, P., ŽIŽKA, A., POUŠEK, L. Praktika z rehabilitačního inženýrství, protetiky-ortotiky a biomechaniky, skripta, ČVUT, 2010.
ŽIVČÁK, J. a kol. Základy bioniky a biomechaniky, Prešov: ManaCon, 2004,
DANIEL, M., MAREŠ, T. Experimentální biomechanika. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2008.
PLEVA, L. Zevní fixace v traumatologii, Traumatologické centrum FNsP Ostrava, 1992.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 20
        ExaminationExamination65 16