BIOEN 5201 - Textbook
There is not an official textbook for BIOEN 5201. However, there are several excellent texts that cover different parts of the material in this class.
The following books are on 2-hour reserve, and optional reading assignments are listed next to most of the lectures in the syllabus:
Continuum Mechanics, A.J.M. Spencer, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1980 (call #QA808.2 .S63)
A First Course in Continuum Mechanics : For Physical and Biological Engineers and Scientists, Y.C. Fung, Springer, New York, 1994 (call #QA808 .F86 1994)
Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, L.E. Malvern, Prentice-Hall, 1969 (call #QA808.2.M3)
Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissue. Y.C. Fung, Springer, New York, 1993 (call #QP88.F87 1993)
These books may be useful references. They should be available in the campus library.
Biomechanics: Motion, Flow Stress and Growth, Y.C. Fung, Springer, New York, 1990 (call #QP303.F86)
Biodynamics: Circulation, Y.C. Fung, Springer, New York, 1996 (call #QP105.F58)
Selected Works in Biomechanics and Aeroelasticity, Y.C. Fung (call #QP301.F86)
Data Book on the Mechanical Properties of Living Cells, Tissues and Organs, Abe, Hayashi, and Sao. Springer, New York, 1996
Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, Volumes I and II, Mow, Ratcliffe and Woo. Springer, New York, 1990
Theory of Heart: Biomechanics, Biophysics and Nonlinear Dynamics of Cardiac Function, Glass, Hunter, and McCulloch. Springer, New York, 1991
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th Edition, by Incropera and DeWitt, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1996
Introduction to Bioengineering, by Berger, Goldsmith and Lewis, Oxford, New York, 1996
Transport Phenomena, by RB. Bird, W.E. Stewart and E.N. Lightfoot, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1960
The following scientific journals cover the areas of biomedical engineering, biomechanical engineering, and biomechanics research:
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
Journal of Applied Biomechanics