COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMECHANICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYM 0521 FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMECHANICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HASAN YILDIZ

Offered to

Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to concepts of mechanics as they apply to human body and movement, particularly those pertaining to exercise, sport, and physical activity. The student should gain an understanding of the mechanical and anatomical principles that govern human motion and develop the ability to link the structure of the human body with its function from a mechanical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand basic mechanical properties of living tissues including bone, muscle, ligaments and tendons
2   Understand basic mechanical principles and their application to human body parts and movement
3   Evaluate and critique human activities in light of the mechanical knowledge gained
4   Understand mechanical laws and be able to apply them to biomaterials in a conceptual manner
5   Describe motion with precise, well-defined mechanical and anatomical terminology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general definition of biomechanics
2 Introduction to biomechanics: Anatomic terms, axes, planes, biological structures, implants and prostheses
3 Introduction to biomechanics: Anatomic terms, axes, planes, biological structures, implants and prostheses
4 Anatomical terms: Body parts, bone, muscle and vascular systems
5 Anatomical terms: Body parts, bone, muscle and vascular systems
6 Elasticity: Stress, strain, equilibrium equations
7 Elasticity: Hook s law and applications
8 Viskoelasticity: Relaxation and yield
9 Viskoelasticity: Kelvin and Maxwell models, generalized models
10 Viskoelasticity: Relaxation and yield functions
11 Midterm
12 Biofluid mechanics: Basic definitions and viscosity
13 Biofluid mechanics: Continuity and momentum equations
14 Biofluid mechanics: Fully developed laminar flow Recent developments

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Y.C. Fung, Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, 2.Edition, Springer-Verlag, 1993. RECOMMENDED BOOKS: 1. Y.C. Fung, Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress and Growth, Springer-Verlag, 1990. 2. R.L. Hudson, Principles of Biomechanics, CRC Press, 2009 3. C. Oomens, M. Brekelmans, F. Baaijens, Biomechanics, Concepts and Computation, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 2 30 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 178

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.233
LO.32
LO.45
LO.5

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