Mechanics of Biological Tissues (FSI-9MBT)

Academic year 2020/2021
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Jiří Burša, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚMTMB all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech or English
Aims of the course unit:
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge about behaviour and mechanical properties of soft biological tissues and to manage the terminology and basic skills necessary for interdisciplinar collaboration in this field.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Students get a comprehensive overview of knowledge in the following problem regions, incl. skills in their computational modelling using program system Ansys or Abaqus:
• Theory of anisotropic linear elastic materials
• Theory of hyperelastic isotropic materials
• Theory of linear viscoelasticity (isotropic)
• Mechanical properties of structural components of soft tissues
• Structure and topology of soft tissues
• Theory of non-linear viscoelasticity (isotropic)
• Possibilities of computational modelling of hyperelastic non-isotropic materials
• Possibilities of computational modelling of specific properties of biological tissues
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of medical anatomical terminology concerning cardio-vascular system, knowledge of basic analytical and numerical methods used in stress-strain analysis.
Course contents:
The course deals with constitutive relations of soft biological tissues, i.e. tissues showing large strains. These tissues are non-homogeneous, mostly with fibrous structure. Their structure with various types of fibres and their complex arrangement in the tissue cause their pronounced anisotropic properties with non-linear constitutive relations. A significant hysteresis is also typical for soft tissues; it can be described by linear or non-linear viscoelastic constitutive models, together with creep and stress relaxation. Soft tissues show a lot of other specific properties that cannot be found at technical materials at all (growth, necrosis, change of material properties in response to their load, remodelation, etc.).
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through individual consultations and self-study of the specified literature sources explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Exam consists of oral or written test of theoretical knowledge and of evaluation of the final project, based on computational modelling.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Studies are individual with a successive definition of items in the recommended literature.
The individual items are controled during consultations in intervals corresponding to the difficulty of the items.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  10 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology of cardiovascular system
2. Fundamentals of histology and pathology of soft tissues – structure, composition, pathological changes
3. Mechanical properties of structure components of tissues
4. Theory of anisotropic linear elastic materials
5. Theory of hyperelastic isotropic materials and their description.
6. Theory of hyperelastic anisotropic materials and their description.
7. Theory of linear and non-linear (isotropic) viscoelasticity.
8. Structure and topology of soft tissues
9. Possibilities of computational modelling of mechanical properties of biological materials.
10. Possibilities of computational modelling of specific properties of biological tissues (e.g. contractility).
Literature - fundamental:
1. J.D.Humphrey: Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics. Springer
2. Y.C.Fung: Biomechanics; Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues. Springer
3. G.A.Holzapfel: Nonlinear Solid Mechanics. Wiley
Literature - recommended:
1. J.Valenta a kol.: Biomechanika srdečně cévního systému. ČVUT Praha
2. Křen J., Rosenberg J., Janíček P.: Biomechanika. Vydavatelství ZČU, 1997.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
D-IME-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- DrEx 0 Recommended course 3 1 S