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Biomechanics

Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues

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  1. Yuan-Cheng Fung

    1. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  3. The Meaning of the Constitutive Equation

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    Pages 23-65

  4. The Flow Properties of Blood

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    Pages 66-108

  7. Bioviscoelastic Fluids

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    Pages 220-241

  8. Bioviscoelastic Solids

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    Pages 242-320

  10. Skeletal Muscle

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    Pages 392-426

  11. Heart Muscle

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    Pages 427-465

  12. Smooth Muscles

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    Pages 466-499

  13. Bone and Cartilage

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    Pages 500-544

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 545-568
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About this book

The objective of this book remains the same as that stated in the first edition: to present a comprehensive perspective of biomechanics from the stand point of bioengineering, physiology, and medical science, and to develop mechanics through a sequence of problems and examples. My three-volume set of Bio­ mechanics has been completed. They are entitled: Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues; Biodynamics: Circulation; and Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth; and this is the first volume. The mechanics prerequisite for all three volumes remains at the level of my book A First Course in Continuum Mechanics (3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1993). In the decade of the 1980s the field of Biomechanics expanded tremen­ dously. New advances have been made in all fronts. Those that affect the basic understanding of the mechanical properties of living tissues are described in detail in this revision. The references are brought up to date.
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Keywords

  • Biomechanik
  • Rheologie
  • bioengineering
  • biological fluid
  • biomechanics
  • blood cell
  • blood vessel
  • bone
  • cartilage
  • cells
  • flow properties
  • heart muscle
  • smooth muscle
  • tissue
  • viscoelastic properties
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Yuan-Cheng Fung

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