Selected topics from biomechanics: from dinosaurs to space flight

Selected topics from biomechanics: from dinosaurs to space flight

prof. Matej Daniel, Ph.D., Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague:

Biomechanics is the study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms. The aim of the lecture is to provide a couple of examples showing that we use biomechanical principles every day. The lecture will describe basic scaling law that limits the size of living organisms, explain why a bug cannot be large as a car, show that walking and running is a clever way how to conserve the energy and introduce some problems of mechanobiology of bone and cartilage.

 

Gostujoča predavanja potekajo v okviru projekta Krajša in daljša gostovanja tujih strokovnjakov in visokošolskih učiteljev na slovenskih visokošolskih zavodih 2019-2022, ki ga sofinancirata Republika Slovenija in Evropska unija iz Evropskega socialnega sklada.