This book provides a description of the use of engineering simulation methods in a clear, direct and concise way, containing several relevant examples of biomechanics and biological processes analyzed with different numerical methods. It is oriented towards undergraduate and graduate students, academics, professionals, technicians and to all those interested in the use of simulation in computational biomechanics. The book begins with a review of the concepts of solid and fluid mechanics, followed by a description of engineering approximation methods such as the Finite Volume Method, the Finite Element Method and the Boundary Element Method. Then, several applications that usually appear in biomechanics modeling are presented and discussed, from the simulation of osseointegration to the simulation of lung airflow and the modeling of biological processes in intervertebral discs and mechanobiology.The book can be used as an educational tool in undergraduate courses and in introductory courses in graduate biology, medicine and engineering.
C. A. Duque-Daza, Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia, earned his PhD at the University of Warwick (UK). He has over 18 years of experience teaching courses in fluid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics and mathematical modelling. D. A. Garzón-Alvarado, Full Professor at the National University of Colombia, earned his PhD at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), is Head of the Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Methods Research Group (GNUM-UN). His research interests include computational mechanics, mathematical modeling, mechanobiology. M. Cerrolaza, Full Professor at the Valencian International University and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), earned his PhD at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). He pursued his postdoctoral studies at École des Ponts ParisTech (France). He has written several books on numerical methods and computational biomechanics.D. L. Linero-Segrera, Full Professor at the National University of Colombia, earned his PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain). He teaches solid mechanics and finite element courses at the doctoral level, and has written books on continuum mechanics and the finite element method.
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