Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Facial Skeleton, Anthropometry, Blood Vessel
13 Oct 2018
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Biomechanics: the application of physics to the understanding of the motions and deformations of body segments, organs, structures, tissues, cells due to forces, pressures, torques, shears, etc. Take body and divide into a number of segments. Assumption that all segments are rigid and connect in a specific way to the next segment. The mathematical method used is the same for humans and robots. Joints have a well-defined number of degrees of freedom. Applications: coaching, rehab, orthopaedic, plastics and reconstruction, ergonomics in workplace, human- machine interactions, clothing, animation. Deformation of the facial skeleton after getting in the kisser. Finite element model: divide structure into finite elements to see how things deform. How the bones deflect and how we absorb load. Modeling both the deformation of the wall of a blood vessel and the flow of blood within the vessel. Measuring the forces with which cells interact with their surroundings.
