BE 575 - Injury Biomechanics

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

Prerequisite(s): ENM 500 or 510, BE 510 or MEAM 519 or equivalent. A background in physiology and anatomy is also recommended. This course is intended as an introduction to investigating the mechanics of injury, from the organism to the tissue level. The students will be exposed to both formal didactic instruction and selected field work. The course will cover principles in continuum and analytical mechanics, and will use application in injury research to illustrate these concepts. The course will be divided into three major units. The first unit will be an introduction to variational principles of mechanics and calculus of variations, and will apply these concepts to injury problems (e.g., occupant kinematics during a collision, vehicle kinematics, impact to padded surfaces). Special emphasis will be placed on converting a system input into a body response. The second unit of the course will be used to discuss the effect of gross body motion on tissue and organ mechanical response. Material models of biological tissue will be discussed, and examples relating body motion to tissue response will be reviewed. In the final unit of this course, students are required to research and review a problem of their choice and present a report detailing an engineering based solution to the problem.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.