BME 5810 - Soft Tissue Biomechanics

(crosslisted) MAE 5680

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: graduate standing; seniors by permission of instructor.

J. T. Butcher.

Introduces concepts of biomechanics applied to understanding the material behavior of soft tissues. Topics include finite strain, nonlinearities, constitutive frameworks, and experimental methodologies. Tissues to be modeled include tendons, blood vessels, heart valves, cartilage, and engineered tissues.