Biomechanics

5 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1022198BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Applied Mechanics

External partners

Université libre de Bruxelles

Educational team

Bart Jansen
Carlos David Rodriguez Guerrero (course titular)
Decaan IR

Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals

Course Content

Aim of the course is to give the students insight in the biomechanics of the human body, normal and pathological human biomechanical processes and to develop tools and skills for the design and development of biomechanics-based diagnosis and therapy.

Introduction into biomechanics
Continuum mechanics: stress and strain
Experimental biomechanics
Computational biomechanics
Biomechanics of bone, tendon and ligaments
Biomechanics of cartilage, muscles and nerves
Biomechanics of hip, shoulder and spine
Biomechanics of knee, ankle and foot
Introduction to kinesiology and motion analysis: theory
Introduction to kinesiology and gait analysis
Biofluid dynamics
Rheology
Blood flow in the micro- and macro-circulation

Additional info

PowerPoint slides discussed during the lectures.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes

1. Insight in the biomechanics of the human body and design requirements for appropriate medical devices.

2. Basic knowledge of biomechanics of hard‐ and soft tissues and biofluids Analysis of human motion and gait

3. Knowledge of continuum mechanics and large deformation theory, insight into different definitions of stress and strain, constitutive

modelling.

4. Basic knowledge on the use of numerical methods in soft tissue biomechanics and biofluid dynamics.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context