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An Introduction to Biomechanics: Solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design

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The author is deeply oriented to biomechanics of fluids both in the first and second part of the book,despite the fact it is supposed to have different approaches. The first chapters are devoted to complex mathematical demonstrations of stress-strain models and materials engineering, topics that shouldn't be considered to be suitable for starting studying biomechanics.

Definitely not an introduction. Highly recommended for intermediate and advanced courses.

I hoped to use this text to teach an introductory course in biomechanics to engineers. It seems that the majority of the material is discussing general mechanics (both solid and fluid) with complete derivations. Only at the end of each chapter is there a short section on how the subject relates to biology or medicine which is what a general engineering student may not have been exposed to. On the other hand, it goes into more detail than a biology student probably needs to know. In the end, I found the book Physics of the Human Body (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) to be a much more well rounded text that seamlessly integrated physics and engineering with biology.