Vak: Human Dynamics credits: 5

Students learn to understand the differences between laminar and turbulent flows of liquids (mainly blood) through tubes. Students learn the importance of various flows which occur in the body and can make calculations involving blood and air flows.

The student knows:

• Fundamentals of viscosity in flow 
• Laminar flow / turbulent flow
• Bernoulli’s law and losses in tubes
• Implications of laminar and turbulent flow for Bernoulli’s la
• Velocity profiles for flow in tubes
•  Importance of different fluid flows within the human body
• Interactions of biomaterials within the body / fluid flows

 Biomechanics 

Biomechanics is the analysis of human movement to enhance performance, improve training, accelerate rehabilitation, and reduce injury risk. This is done by integrating various mechanical aspects of human movement during static and dynamic activities.

Students are able to: 

• apply anatomical terminology 
• describe general mechanical properties of bodily tissues
• explain (models of) visco-elasticity 
• explain the mechanical behaviour of bone, articular cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscles and neural tissue 
• apply biomechanics to the knee and hip joints 
• apply mechanical principles to human movement or to maintaining a postureHave basic knowledge of biomaterials