EGM 4592 BioSolid Mechanics Problem Set #1
Assigned: January 9th, 2007
Due: January 23rd, 2007
1. Use Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/schhp?sourceid=navclient&hl=en ) and
Web of Knowledge (http://portal.isiknowledge.com/ ) to find articles on the mechanical
properties of one bio-solid tissue (muscle, bone, cartilage, blood vessel, skin, ligament,
tendon, brain). How many relevant articles do you find? What is the oldest article? What
is the most cited article? Is there a difference between the results of the two searches?
2. Problem 1.2(b) in Fung.
3. Using force equilibrium, prove that 0
2
3
23
2
22
1
21 =+
∂
∂
+
∂
∂
+
∂
∂
X
xxx
τ
τ
τ
(Chp. 2, Eq. 4 part 2)
4. Using moment equilibrium, prove that the stress tensor is symmetric, i.e.
322313311221 ;;
ττττττ
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