Introduction to continuum biomechanics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Athanasiou, K. A. (Kyriacos A.)
Imprint:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2008.
Description:	1 electronic text (xiii, 205 p. : ill.) : digital file.
Language:	English
Series:	Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, 1930-0336 ; #19 Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, #19.
Subject:	Biomechanics. Continuum mechanics. Biomechanics. Continuum mechanics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8512623

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Other authors / contributors:	Natoli, Roman M.
ISBN:	1598296183 (electronic bk.) 9781598296181 (electronic bk.) 1598296175 (pbk.) 9781598296174 (pbk.)
Notes:	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 5, 2008). Series from website. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204). Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Summary:	This book is concerned with the study of continuum mechanics applied to biological systems, i.e., continuum biomechanics. This vast and exciting subject allows description of when a bone may fracture due to excessive loading, how blood behaves as both a solid and fluid, down to how cells respond to mechanical forces that lead to changes in their behavior, a process known as mechanotransduction. We have written for senior undergraduate students and first year graduate students in mechanical or biomedical engineering, but individuals working at biotechnology companies that deal in biomaterials or biomechanics should also find the information presented relevant and easily accessible.
Standard no.:	10.2200/S00121ED1V01Y200805BME019

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