Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Biomechanics (17.IFM301)

Native organizations units: Department of Technical Mechanics

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Information Engineering (Godina: 3, Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Mehanika
Interdisciplinary	Yes
ECTS	4

Educational goal:

The teacher`s intent is that in this course the students: - understand how to apply mechanical methods in the analysis of biosystems which are more complex but less defined then technical ones, - learn to connect mechanical functions with another ones (biological, chemical, electrical, neurological) i a human body, - understand the influence of aging, disease and trauma to changes of mechanical functions, - analyze specific mechanical models of different sports.

Educational outcome:

Ability to independently and creatively use acquired knowledge and skills in the analysis of biomechanical systems, to identify, formulate and solve posed problem, to work in multidisciplinary team, to think in a creative way, to generalize mechanical models and to simulate predictions of sport results for different values of model parameters.

Course content:

Structure of a human body. Mechanical properties of biomaterials. Internal forces of a human body. Laws of motion and energy balance. Mathematical modelling and numerical simulations of cardiovascular system. Dynamical modelling of joints in human body with special on a biomechanical response during frontal impact. Application of a mathematical theory of elastic rods in biomechanics. Model of DNA. Models of airbags. Groups of muscles, motion. Sports which include continuous changes of state properties: running, swiming, rowing, ski running. Sports including sudden changes of state properties: martial arts, tennis. Jumps. Motion of a ball.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, auditory practice, computer practice. Homework, teamwork. Consultations are held every week.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky	Biomechanics in Sports	2000	Blackwell Science	English
N. Ayache (ed.)	Computational models for the human body	2004	Elsevier, Amsterdam	English
P.B. Pascolo (ed.)	Biomechanics and sports	2004	CISM, Springer, Wien	English
A. Tozeren	Human body dynamics: classical mechanics and human body movement	2000	Springer, New York	English
C. Kleinstreuer	Biofluid Dynamics	2005	Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton	English

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00
Practical part of the exam - tasks	No	Yes	20.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project	Yes	Yes	30.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00