Advanced Series in Biomechanics - Vol. 1
SELECTED WORKS ON BIOMECHANICS AND AEROELASTICITY
(In 2 Parts)
by Yuan-Cheng Bertram Fung (University of California, San Diego)
This book is a compendium of papers contributed by Y C Fung, Honorary Chairman of the World Council for Biomechanics, on the development of biomechanics in the past 30 years. Most of the articles are records of original contributions scattered in many journals. Having these papers collected together, classified according to subjects, and arranged in chronological order for each subject, will help the reader to obtain a total perspective of his work and his association with his colleagues. The selection ranges from constitutive equations, microcirculation, heart, lung, blood vessels, ureter and other internal organs, and tissue engineering. Several summary articles provide a fascinating guide to the evolution of ideas over this period of time. His work done in the field of aeroelasticity predates his biomechanics work. The applications of some general ideas of aeroelasticity are broader than the specific topics discussed, as exemplified by the sharing of ideas between aeronautics and biology.
This valuable title will be of interest to anyone concerned with bioengineering and aeronautics, and should have a place in the library of people who are just starting their career as well as those who are well into it.
Contents:
- Biomechanics:
- Perspectives and Summaries
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Microcirculation
- Constitutive Equations
- The Lung
- The Heart
- Smooth Muscle Controlled Flow
- The Blood Vessel
- Tissue Engineering
- Aeroelasticity
Readership: Bioengineers, aeronautical engineers, mechanical engineers,
cardiologists and orthopaedic surgeons.
"Yuan-Cheng Fung is unquestionably one of the top few living persons in the world in terms of his contributions to mechanics ... Many in the field consider him to be the Father of Modern Biomechanics. It is therefore greatly welcomed that the best papers that Y-C Fung published in biomechanics and aeroelasticity should be collected ... Long-time researchers in biomechanics will want to have these two volumes for the wealth of material they contain."
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Pub. date: Aug 1997 |
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