Biomechanics: Principles and Applications

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 352 pages
• Published by: CRC
• Edition: 2nd Edition September 25, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0849385342
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0849385346
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Product Description
Drawn from the third edition of the widely acclaimed The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Biomechanics is a comprehensive presentation of the current principles and applications of biomechanics integrating both systems and subsystems models. Presenting substantial updates and revisions and a new chapter on current methods and strategies for modeling cellular mechanics, the book covers musculoskeletal mechanics including hard- and soft tissue and joint mechanics, biofluid mechanics and circulatory dynamics, the functioning of the ear, and the performance characteristics of the human body during exercise and exertion. The book includes more than 140 illustrations, sixty tables, and a variety of useful equations to assist in modeling biomechanical behaviors.

Book Info
Offers a definitive review of this rapidly growing field, including recent advancements made by biomedical engineers to the understanding of fundamental aspects os physiologic function in health, disease, and environmental extremes. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Reader Reviews
Compiled and co-edited by Donald R. Peterson (University of Connecticut Health Center, Biodynamics Laboratory, farming, Connecticut) and Joseph D. Bronzino (recipient of the Millennium Award from IEEE/EMBS in 2000 and the Gaddard Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Professional Achievement in June 2004), "Biomechanics: Principles And Applications" is a collection of twenty informed and informative articles on various aspects of, and researches into, the science of biomechanics. The contributors address everything from applications on system-level aspects of the human body (the musculoskeletal system, auditory system, lymphatic system, the cardiovascular system), to biological sub-systems (tissues, cells, molecules). Drawn from the third edition of the "Biomedical Engineering Handbook", these seminal articles introduce current methods and strategies for modeling cellular mechanices, present topics in biofluid mechanics, feature more than 140 illustrations and sixty tables, and provide a number of useful equations to assist in modeling biomechanical behaviors. A volume of truly impressive scholarship, "Biomechanics: Principles And Applications" should be a core acquisition selection for every academic library reference collection on the subject, as well as on the supplemental reading lists for students of Biomechanical Engineering. Comment | | (Report this)