Biomechanics: Concepts and Computation Cees Oomens, Marcel Brekelmans, and Sandra Loerakker is an English-language textbook focused on the application of mechanics with numerical methods in biomedical engineering. The book covers both basic and advanced concepts and offers an integrated approach to mechanics with numerical methods and biomedical applications.
This fully revised second edition includes an extensive introduction to vector and tensor calculus and discusses topics such as biological materials, continuum mechanics, motion, deformation, rotation, and constitutive modeling of solids and fluids. In addition, kinematics, equilibrium, stresses, and deformations are covered, as well as the mechanical behavior of fibers and analysis of one-dimensional elastic media.
Procedural solutions via the Finite Element Method are dealt with extensively, supported by MATLAB-based software and numerous new examples from biomedical engineering. This makes the book well suited for both bachelor's and master's students in biomechanics, as well as for professionals who want to work with advanced concepts and computational techniques.
The book is thematically aligned with fields such as Engineering: general, Biomechanics, human kinetics, and Technology & Engineering. Series: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering.