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Introduction to biomedical engineering biomechanics and bioelectricity. Part I /

Intended as an introduction to the field of biomedical engineering, this book covers the topics of biomechanics (Part I) and bioelectricity (Part II). Each chapter emphasizes a fundamental principle or law, such as Darcy's Law, Poiseuille's Law, Hooke's Law, Starling's law, lever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christensen, Douglas A.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2009.
Series:Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering (Online), # 28.
Subjects:
Biomechanics.
Online Access:Abstract with links to full text
Table of Contents:
  • Basic concepts: numbers, units and consistency checks
  • Introduction
  • Numbers and significant figures
  • Scientific notation
  • Accuracy and precision
  • Significant figures in calculations
  • Dimensions and units
  • SI units
  • Keeping track of units in equations
  • English and other units
  • Conversion factors
  • The use of weight to describe mass
  • Consistency checks
  • Reality check
  • Units check
  • Ranging check
  • Organization of the remaining chapters
  • Problems
  • Darcy's law: pressure-driven transport through membranes
  • Introduction, biological and man-made membranes
  • Man-made membranes
  • Darcy's law
  • Ideal and nonideal materials
  • Mechanical filtration (sieving)
  • Problems
  • Poiseuille's law: pressure-driven flow through tubes
  • Introduction, biological transport
  • Poiseuille's law
  • Simplified version of Poiseuille's law
  • Assumptions for Poiseuille's law
  • Power expended in the flow
  • Series and parallel combinations of resistive elements
  • Series
  • Parallel
  • Problems
  • Hooke's law: elasticity of tissues and compliant vessels
  • Introduction
  • The action of forces to deform tissue
  • Hooke's law and elastic tissues
  • Compliant vessels
  • Incompressible flow of compliant vessels
  • Problems
  • Starling's law of the heart, Windkessel elements and conservation of volume
  • Introduction, compliance of the ventricles
  • Pressure-volume plots: the pv loop
  • Starling's law of the heart
  • Windkessel elements
  • Conservation of volume in incompressible fluids
  • Problems
  • Euler's method and first-order time constants
  • Introduction, differential equations
  • Euler's method
  • Waveforms of pressure and volume
  • First-order time constants
  • Problems
  • Muscle, leverage,work, energy and power
  • Introduction, muscle
  • Levers and moments
  • Work
  • Energy
  • Power
  • Power in fluid flow
  • Problems
  • A: conversion factors
  • B: material constants
  • B.1: viscosity
  • B.2: density and specific gravity
  • B.3: permeability
  • B.4: Young's modulus and ultimate stress
  • Bibliography.

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