Syllabus

Module I
Introduction – Force vectors, Coplanar, collinear and concurrent forces, moment and torque, Statics: Analysis of systems in equilibrium, Applications of statistics to Biomechanics, Mechanics of elbow, shoulder, spinal column, hip, knee, ankle.
Module II
Introduction to deformable body mechanics, stress and strain, plastic deformation, multiaxial deformations and stress analysis, mechanical properties of biological tissues, various testing methods, empirical model of visco-elasticity, biomechanics of bone, tendons, ligaments, muscles and cartilages.
Module III
Introduction to dynamics, linear kinematics and kinetics, angular kinematics and kinetics, work-energy methods, conservation of energy principle, Application to athletics, impulse and momentum. Computational biomechanics, continuum mechanics.
Module IV
Gait analysis, measurement of gait parameters, techniques for recording and measuring movements and forces - force platforms and motion analysis system, Applications of these equipments in biomechanics, performance improvement and injury prevention.

To understand the basics of biomechanics in human body.

To apply mechanics (statics and dynamics) concepts in biology

To understand the behavior of the tissues given by stress-strain diagram

The students will be able to:
CO1. Explain the use of biomechanics in understanding the biological system
CO2: Calculate various forces and moments during static condition
CO3. Apply the principles of mechanics to solve the biological system
CO4: Analyze the stress and strain of a material under deformation
CO5: Quantify the property of the tissues using mechanical parameters
CO6. Describe various kinematic and kinetic parameters in human gait

Nihat Ozkaya, Fundamentals of biomechanics: Equilibrium, Motion and deformation, 2nd Edi. Springer 1999

Y.C Fung, Biomechanics – Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, 2nd Edi. Springer 1999

Roger Bartlett, Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement Patterns, Taylor and Francis, 2007.

D. Dowson and V. Wright, An introduction to Biomechanics of joints and joint replacements,, Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1980.