(Department) Biomedical Engineering (Division) Biomaterials and Tissue
(Level and Major) Graduate
Course Title Tissue Mechanics
Number of Credits 3Prerequisite Strength of Materials
Course Description:
This course describes the effect of forces upon biological tissues.
Course Goals and Objectives:
This course deals with the constitutive models that describe the deformation of biological tissues under loading and analyzes the pathological effect of such phenomenon.
Course Topics:
Introduction to biosystems
Inorganic components of biological tissues
Organic components of biological tissues
Mechanical properties of microstructures of biological tissues