EGRB 103 - Introduction to Biomechanics

Institution:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Subject:

Description:

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 200. Restricted to biomedical engineering majors only. The theory and application of engineering mechanics applied to the design and analysis of rigid and deformable biomedical and physiological structures. The study of forces and their effects, including equilibrium of two- and threedimensional bodies, stress, strain and constitutive relations, bending, torsion, shearing, deflection, and failure of physiological and biomedical systems.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vcu.edu/

Phone Number:

(804) 828-0100

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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