Rheological Properties of Materials

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Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics

Synopsis:

Basic rheological relations, rheological models, components of rheological models, constitutive equations, viscoelasticity, rheology of biological structures: blood rheology, cartilage rheology, muscle rheology, mixture models.

Requirements:

Mechanics of material

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basic rheological relations

2. rheological models

3. components of rheological models

4. constitutive equations

5. viscoelasticity

6. rheology of biological structures

7. blood rheology

8. cartilage rheology

9. muscle rheology

10. mixture models

Syllabus of tutorials:

Basic rheological relations, rheological models, components of rheological models, constitutive equations, viscoelasticity, rheology of biological structures: blood rheology, cartilage rheology, muscle rheology, mixture models.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Jaroslav Valenta et al. Biomechanics, Academia, Prague 1993

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: