Solid Biomechanics / Roland Ennos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ennos, Roland, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Solid Biomechanics is the first book to comprehensively review the mechanical design of organisms. With a physical approach and a minimum of mathematics, the textbook introduces readers to the world of structural mechanics and sheds light on the dazzling array of mechanical adaptations that link creatures as dissimilar as bacteria, plants, and animals. Exploring a wide range of subjects in depth, from spider silks and sharkskin to climbing plants and human food processing, this immensely accessible text demonstrates that the bodies of animals and plants are masterpieces of engineering, enabling them to survive in a hostile world. The textbook describes how organisms construct materials from limited components, arrange materials into efficient structures that withstand different types of stresses, and interact mechanically with their environment. Looking at practical and historical aspects of the subject, the book delves into how the mechanics of organisms might be applied to other engineering scenarios and considers the ways structural biomechanics could and should develop in the future if more is to be learned about the form and function of organisms. Solid Biomechanics will be useful to all those interested in how organisms work, from biologists and engineers to physicists and students of biomechanics, bionics, and materials science. The first comprehensive review of the structural mechanics of organisms Introduces the subject using a physical approach involving minimal mathematics Three complementary sections: materials, structures, and mechanical interactions of organisms Links the dazzling array of mechanical adaptations seen in widely differing organisms Practical and historical approach shows how mechanical adaptations have been discovered and how readers can perform their own investigations

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART 1. Understanding Elasticity

CHAPTER 1. The Properties of Materials

PART 2. Biological Materials

CHAPTER 2. Biological Rubbers

CHAPTER 3. Complex Polymers

CHAPTER 4. Polymer Composites

CHAPTER 5. Composites Incorporating Ceramics

PART 3. Biological Structures

CHAPTER 6. Tensile Structures

CHAPTER 7. Hydrostatic Skeletons

CHAPTER 8. Structures in Bending

CHAPTER 9. Structures in Compression

CHAPTER 10. Structures in Torsion

CHAPTER 11. Joints and Levers

PART 4. Mechanical Interactions

CHAPTER 12. Attachments

CHAPTER 13. Interactions with the Mechanical Environment

CHAPTER 14. Mechanical Interactions between Organisms

PART 5. Looking Forward

CHAPTER 15. The Future of Structural Biomechanics

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-245) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Jun 2019)

ISBN:

9781400840649

1400840643

OCLC:

759101273