Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth / Edition 1

by Y.C. Fung

Overview

Biomechanics aims to explain the mechanics oflife and living. From molecules to organisms, everything must obey the laws of mechanics. Clarification of mechanics clarifies many things. Biomechanics helps us to appreciate life. It sensitizes us to observe nature. It is a tool for design and invention of devices to improve the quality of life. It is a useful tool, a simple tool, a valuable tool, an unavoidable tool. It is a necessary part of biology and engineering. The method of biomechanics is the method of engineering, which consists of observation, experimentation, theorization, validation, and application. To understand any object, we must know its geometry and materials of construc­ tion, the mechanical properties of the materials involved, the governing natural laws, the mathematical formulation of specific problems and their solutions, and the results of validation. Once understood, one goes on to develop applications. In my plan to present an outline of biomechanics, I followed the engineering approach and used three volumes. In the first volume, Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, the geometrical structure and the rheological properties of various materials, tissues, and organs are presented. In the second volume, Biodynamics: Circulation, the physiology of blood circulation is analyzed by the engineering method.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387971247
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	10/09/1998
Edition description:	1st ed. 1990. Corr. 2nd printing 1998
Pages:	570
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Fung, Yuan-Cheng (UCSD)

Table of Contents

Preface.- Motion.- Segmental Motion and Vibrations.-External Flow: Fluid Dynamic Forces Acting on Moving Bodies.-Flying and Swimming.- Blood Flow in Heart, Lung, Arteries and Veins.- Micro- and Macrocirculation.- Respiratory Gas Flow.-Basic Transport Equations According to Thermodynamics, Molecular Diffusion, Mechanisms in Membranes and Multiphasic Structure.- Mass Transport in Capillaries, Tissues, Interstitial Space, Lymphatics, Indicator Dilution Method, and Peristalsis.-Description of Internal Deformation and Forces.- Stress, Strain, and Stability of Organs.- Strength, Trauma and Tolerance.- Biochemical Aspects of Growth and Tissue Engineering.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

4 Stars! from Doody

This book brings a mechanics approach to understanding the physiology of circulation, including fluid flow, vascular mechanics, and heart mechanics. It is designed to help students develop a mechanics-based approach to understanding blood flow. It mixes fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and the structure and properties of the circulatory system into a well-integrated text. The author has achieved his goals exceedingly well in this text. The audience is primarily senior undergraduate and first-year graduate biomedical engineering students, but the book will also have wide appeal for researchers and scientists seeking to understand and study the mechanics of circulation. The author is clearly a leader in the field and has an outstanding international reputation for his abilities and knowledge in this field. The book has many figures and illustrations that greatly assist in presenting ideas and data to support the development of mechanics concepts. The references are somewhat dated, but nonetheless they are relevant to the information presented. This is a high-quality text. It is my belief that this text, along with Fung's other texts, will be required reading for those interested in the biomechanics of the body. He brings together two disparate bodies of knowledge -- physiology and fluid mechanics -- into a single well-written text. I highly recommend this text for researchers and students in biomedical engineering, for libraries associated with medical and health sciences, and for engineering school libraries.

Jeremy L. Gilbert

Concludes the outline of biomechanics begun in Fung's (applied mechanics and engineering science/bioengineering, U. of California, San Diego) seminal Biomechanics (1981), and further articulated in Biodynamics (1984). The present volume further illustrates the methods of problem formulation, solution and validation by studying the motion of man and animals, the internal and external fluid flow, the stress distribution in the bodies, strength of tissues and organs, and the relationship between stress and growth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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