See that the human body can be modelled as a system of frictionless joints and rigid levers, masses and muscles. Define machines and efficiency, classes of levers, centre of gravity and understand the concepts of equilibrium and stabilty. Define and understand the influence on motion of solid body friction and the coefficient of restitution. Know and apply Bernoullis principle to explain fluid lift and the Magnus effect for objects in motion. Basic Biomechanics, Mosby Year Book, St Louis .
Practical work consists of five tutorials and six biomechanical laboratories.
Refer to page 5 in the handbook, headed Tutorial and Laboratory program 1994, for the arrangement of the practical program. Pages 24 and 25 give the detailed requirements for the practical work. No student can change to another practical group without written permission prior to the session. Assessment of each student will depend upon their performance with the final test and the practical work. Normally, to obtain a pass overall, both the final test and the practical work must be passed.