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.

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Study materials:

Jaroslav Valenta et al. Biomechanics, Academia, Prague 1993

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