Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Theoretical Mechanics
Course Code
FK_022
Branch of Science
Biomechanics; Medical engineering
ECTS
1.50
Target Audience
Medical Services
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Andris Mikulis
Structure Unit Manager
Jevgenijs Proskurins
Structural Unit
Department of Physics
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, 1st floor, Rooms No 147 a and b, fizika@rsu.lv, +371 67061539
About Study Course
Objective
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the acquisition of other study disciplines, as well as in the education of an orthopedic specialist.
Preliminary Knowledge
Knowledge in mathematics and physics. Knowledge of the national language.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.As a result of the course students will: 1. Acquire and strengthen knowledge in theoretical mechanics. 2. Understand the regularities of absolutely solid body dynamics. 3. Understand free, sluggish and forced oscillations, wave processes. 4. Understand the mechanisms of elastic body deformation.
Skills
1.1. Will be oriented in terms of theoretical mechanics. 2. The acquired knowledge will be used in the calculation of mechanical properties of solids and biological tissues. 3. Physical concepts and regularities will be used in the calculation of kinematics problems of rotational motion of human body members.
Competences
1.As a result of the study course students will be able to evaluate the significance of the laws of theoretical mechanics in the statics and dynamics of human body movement.
Assessment
Individual work
Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
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During practical classes – solving tasks. Outside the classes, students develop a research paper on the basic concepts of theoretical mechanics and their application in the structure of the human body.
Examination
Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
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Students' participation in classes is evaluated. At the end of the study course, the type of examination is an oral theoretical test.
Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Basics of kinematics. Motion characteristics: trajectory speed and acceleration. Uniform motion.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Accelerated motion. Vertical and angled body movement. Kinematics of rotational motion.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Angular velocity and angular acceleration. Centrifugal and tangential acceleration.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Basic concepts of dynamics. Mass and strength. Friction force. Forces of inertia. Newton's laws. Amount of movement (pulse). Law of conservation of momentum (momentum).
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Work and mechanical energy. Energy Conservation Law. Rotation of a solid body. Dynamics of solid body rotation. Moments of inertia.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Impulse moment. Basic equation of rotational motion dynamics. Law of conservation of momentum.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
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Mechanical oscillations. Mechanical waves, their characteristics. Mechanical properties of solids and biological tissues.
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Grabovskis R. Fizika. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1983, 645 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1.
P. Davidovits. Physics in Biology and Medicine. Academic press, 2019.