BME/ME 456 Biosolid Mechanics: Modeling and Applications

Date      Day            Topic (subject to change, which will be updated)

Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive Models of Biological Tissues

Sept.12     Monday        Index Notation; Review of Continuum Mechanics Concepts: Stress

Sept 14    Wednesday    Review of Continuum Mechanics: Displacement and StrainLinear/Nonlinear Constitutive Equations

Sept.19    Monday        Review of Continuum Mechanics: Alternate Stress Tensors

Sept 21    Wednesday   Out of Country; No class

Sept 26    Monday        Constitutive Models: Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity

Sept 28   Wednesday    Fitting Constitutive Nonlinear Elastic Model Constants: Experiments and Optimization

Oct 3      Monday        Constitutive Models: Viscoelasticity Constitutive Model Applications: Cardiovascular

Oct 5       Wednesday   Fitting Constitutive Quasilinear Viscoelastic Constants: Experiments and Optimization

Oct 10      Monday        Constitutive Models and Fitting Constants: Biphasic/Poroelasticity Theory

Oct 12     Wednesday    Constitutive Model Applications: Cardiovascular

Oct 17     Monday        Fall Study Break, No Class

Oct 19     Wednesday    Constitutive Model Applications: Cardiovascular

Oct 24     Monday         Constitutive Model Applications: Spine and Fibrocartilage

Oct 26     Wednesday    Constitutive Model Applications: Articular Cartilage

Finite Element Modeling of Biological Tissues

Oct 31     Monday         Overview of Finite Element Theory; Review for Exam

Nov 2     Wednesday     In Class Exam over Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive Modeling

Nov 7     Monday         Finite Element: Theory and Model Creation: IDL, Hypermesh, and NETGEN

Nov 9      Wednesday   Finite Element Analysis: ABAQUS for Nonlinear Elasticity: Soft Tissue Examples

Nov 14     Monday       Finite Element Analysis: ABAQUS for Viscoelasticity: Soft Tissue Examples

Nov 16      Wednesday  Mechanics based theories of hard and soft tissue growth/remodeling - Computational Project Proposal Due

Nov 21     Monday       Numerical implementation of hard and soft tissue growth and remodeling theories

Project Work and Presentations

Nov 23     Wednesday   Oral Presentation of Projects

Nov. 28       Monday      Oral Presentation of Projects

Nov. 30      Wednesday  Oral Presentation of Projects

Dec 5      Monday        Oral Presentation of Projects

Dec 7     Wednesday   Oral Presentation of Projects

Dec 12    Monday         Oral Presentation of Projects