Hard tissue biomechanics

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The course deals with overview of bone mechanics. The methods of continnum mechanisc are used to describe function of the bone as primary hard tissue.

Anatomy, biology and physiology of bone

Pathophysiology of bone

Bone as a biomaterial

Experimental methods of bone mechanics

Bone imaging

Mechanical properties of bone

Composite bone models

Mechanics of bone damage

The flow of fluids in the bone

Functional bone adaptation

Mechanobiological bones - experiments

Mechanobiology of bones - models

Tissue engineering of bone

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S.C. Cowin (2001) Bone Mechanics Handbook, Second Edition. CRC Press, ISBN: 9780849391170.

J.D. Currey (2006) Bones: Structure and Mechanics, Princeton University Press, ISBN: 9780691128047

X.Wang, J.S. Nyman, M. Reyes, X. Dong (2010) Fundamental Biomechanics in Bone Tissue Engineering (Synthesis Lectures on Tissue Engineering) Morgan and Claypool Publishers, ISBN: 1608451690

M.M. Saunders Mechanical Testing for the Biomechanics Engineer: A Practical Guide. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. ISBN: 9781627055147

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