Course detail
Biomechanics III - Cardiovascular
FSI-RBM Acad. year: 2026/2027 Winter semester
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-IMB-P: Engineering Mechanics and Biomechanics, Master's
branch BIO: Biomechanics, 6 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Introduction, contents of the course, mechanical properties of soft biological tissues and their experimental evaluation.
2. Fundamental medical information on cardiovascular system.
3. Mechanical properties of cells and their computational modelling.
4. Anatomy and physiology of myocardium.ECG, Starling's law, pressure-volume diagrams.
5. Anatomy, histology and physiology of blood vessels. Composition of blood vessel wall and its mechanical components.
6. Arrangement of collagen fibres. Characteristics of flow in arteries, flow resistance.
7. Composition and rheological properties of blood, velocity profiles, Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect.
8. Theory of pulsatile flow, Moens-Korteweg equation, Womersley profiles.
9. Mechanical influence on atherosclerotic processes and principials of medical treatment. Arterial stents.
10. Vascular grafts (arterial replacements), types, properties, application, production.
11. Natural and artificial heart valves, principles of their function, overview of available products.
12. Ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts.
13.Possibilities of computational modelling of cardiovascular system
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1.-2. FE model of animal cell.
3.-4. FE model of left ventricle.
5.-6. FE model of aorta, residual stress.
7.-8. Evaluation of residual stress in arteral wall using volume growth (fictitious temperature) method.
9.-10. Experiment – pulsatile flow in elastic tube.
11.-12. FSI simulation of blood flow in arteries.
13. Course-unit credit.