Bio Mechanics
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Mechanical Engineering |
Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S 
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
| PRODEM |
3 |
Syllabus since 2009/10 |
1 |
- |
6 |
28 |
162 |
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
The curricular unit Biomechanics aims to provide students with knowledge in the area of mechanics to be applied in living systems with special emphasis on the mechanics of materials and mechanics of rigid bodies. To give and develop an interest in biomechanics, trying to study and investigate the action, in mechanical terms, of different organs and biological tissues. It is expected that at the end of the semester, the students have acquired knowledge to use tools in order to build mathematical models representing mechanical modeling of systems associated with different living organisms and also to study the human locomotion, the equilibrium and how living tissues deal with load.
Learning outcomes and competences
The identified syllabus are the necessary theoretical support for the careful and efficient biomechanical analysis of tissues and organs when subjected to mechanical loads, allowing the student to have a thorough understanding of mechanics approaches. The concepts and methodologies presented are the basis to analyze some effects of mechanical character on living organisms.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Tissue biomechanics and the musculoskeletal system: concepts and terminology; bone tissue; articular cartilage, tendons, ligaments and muscles. Tissue biomechanics: introduction to the different material models. Applied Biomechanics: muscle models, static equilibrium and motion analysis. Approaches to numerical and experimental biomechanics.
Mandatory literature
Duane Knudson;
Fundamentals of biomechanics. ISBN: 978-0-387-49311-4
Teaching methods and learning activities
Terms of frequency: background in engineering or in health. Formula Evaluation: evaluation of the final report.
The teaching methodology adopted in this course is based on a tutorial approach.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
| Designation |
Weight (%) |
| Trabalho escrito |
100,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Designation |
Time (hours) |
| Trabalho de investigação |
100,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Calculation formula of final grade
Type of evaluation: final report based on a subject.