Principles of biomechanics
By: Ronald Huston.
Series: Mechanical engineering -- 213; Mechanical engineering series (Taylor & Francis) -- 213.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780849334948
Subjects: Human mechanics; Boimechanics; Biomechanics; Models, Biological
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Review of human anatomy and some basic terminology; title: Methods of analysis I : review of vectors, dyadics, matrices, and determinants; title: Methods of analysis II : forces and force systems; title: Methods of analysis III : mechanics of materials; title: Methods of analysis IV : modeling of biosystems; title: Tissue biomechanics; title: Kinematical preliminaries : fundamental equations; title: Kinematic preliminaries : inertia force; title: Human body inertia properties; title: Kinematics of human body models; title: Kinetics of human body models; title: Dynamics of human body models; title: Numerical methods; title: Simulations and applications.