Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering Research
Applied Mechanics
Aims & Objectives: To develop novel theories, methods and procedures in applied mechanics and apply these to real life problems and design.
There are 20 full time academic staff, 33 research students and research staff and a number of international visitors in the group.
Current activities
Applied mechanics research group activities can be classified as:
- Orthopaedics Biomechanics and human body motion analysis.
- Dynamical Systems, Performance Enhancement and Optimal Control
- Population driven search algorithms; biologically or in general inspired from the nature.
Bioengineering
- Human body motion modelling, kinematics, dynamics and inverse dynamics.
- Soft tissue modelling, muscle, tendon, ligament and cartilage.
- Biofluid mechanics and cardiac assist devices.
- Microcirculation
- Orthopaedic devices analysis and design
- Modelling of the ear
Contributions
Bioengineering
- Short fibre hip implant.
- Elbow kinematics measuring devices.
- A general purpose, in-house human body motion modelling software.
Members
Structural Mechanics: large scale structures using GPS, silo structure design; biomechanical structural analysis.
Methods: Development of specialized FE (such as for propellers with gyroscopic influences), Viscoelastic modeling of polymers, development of search algorithms for optimisation (GA, PSO, Quantum inspired search) and AI (neural, fuzzy) and cellular automata for modeling and simulation.
Tools: Extensive inhouse software both for analysis and optimisation. Our vibration analysis software has extensive international user base.
Applications: Vibration and dynamics, condition monitoring, vibration suppression, optimisation applied to structures and manufacturing, cancer cell growth modeling, medical device design, sport technology.
Arterial and Cardiac Mechanics, and Cardiac Assist Devices.
About
Director
Postal Address
Applied Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering and Design
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex
UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0)1895 266681
Location in University
Applied Mechanics
Howell Building
