MAE 6640 - Mechanics of Bone

(crosslisted) BME 6640

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: MAE 3270 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor.

C. Hernandez.

Covers current methods and results in skeletal research, focusing on bone. Topics include skeletal anatomy and physiology, experimental and analytical methods for determination of skeletal behavior, mechanical behavior of bone tissue, and skeletal functional adaptation to mechanics.