Forensic biomechanics

Course guarantor:

Matej Daniel

Lecturer:

Matej Daniel

Tutor:

Matej Daniel

Synopsis:

Forensic biomechanics is a part of applied biomechanics, where knowledge of mechanics and biomechanics is used to identify the cause of trauma or to identify the crime offender. The course explain how to connect mechanical parameters like force, torques or accelerations to human body trauma. Understanding of forensic biomechanics requires wide range of knowledge from the field of tissue engineering, muscle mechanics, motion analysis and modeling. Lectures of the subject describe mechanics of trauma, mechanics of blood and mechanics of engineering materials related to human body trauma. Students will be informed about: injury mechanisms of bones, methods of human identification from camera records, methods of forensic traceology, human movement and impact analysis

Mechanics of injuries

Trauma of bones

Trauma of soft tissue

Trauma of organs

Videoanalysis for forensic purposes

Method of person identification from video

Trassology

Mechanics of blood - formation of bloodstains

Analysis of movement situations

Analysis of falls

Balistic injuries

Analysis of collisions of people with the environment

Experiment in Forensic Biomechanics

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Study materials:

J. Kieser, M. Taylor, D. Carr (2012), Forensic Biomechanics 1st Edition, Wiley, ISBN:1119990114

A.M.Nahum, J.W.Melvin, Accidental Injury, Springer, 2010

Franklyn M., Lee P.V.S. (2017) Military Injury Biomechanics: The Cause and Prevention of Impact Injuries. CRC Press.

K.L. Carper (2000) Forensic Engineering, Second Edition 2nd Edition CRC Press, ISBN: 0849374847.

T.D. White, M.T. Black (2011) Human Osteology, Third Edition, Academic Press, ISBN: 0123741343.

Steven N. Byers (2010) Introduction to Forensic Anthropology (Pearson Custom Anthropology) 4th Edition, Routledge, ISBN: 0205790127

C.Simms, D.Wood: Pedestrian and cyclist impact, Springer, 2009

J.A.DiMaggio, W.Vernon,: Forensic podiatry, Humana Press, 2011

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: