- Introduction
- Review on notation
- Introduction to soft tissues
- Finite deformation problems
- General considerations on constitutive equations. Elasticity models
- From large to small deformations: strains, strain-energy functions and stresses
- Plasticity
- Notes
Please refer to Kiro teaching platform to download the course notes.
- Course introduction
- Material point, rigid body, simple biomechanical examples
- Tensile tests. Deformable 1D bodies (fibers)
- An introduction to the mechanics of deformable solids: change of configuration, equilibrium
- An introduction to the mechanics of deformable solids: constitutive relations
- An introduction to the mechanics of deformable solids: Saint Venant / criteri di resistenza