9. Biomechanics and Locomotion
module 9
week 10
biomaterials
biomechanics
locomotion
aquatic
terrestrial
aerial
muscles
skeletons
Now we get to the fun stuff!
Pre-class materials
Read ahead
Before class, you can prepare by reading the following materials:
- Tuesday we will finish Muscle Discussion and move on to biomechanics and locomotion
- Thursday we will continue locomotion.
- Lab this week is on [human EMG]! Pay attention to refining your prelab.
Announcements/Reminders
- Halloween Extra Credit - come dressed up, stop by lab on Tuesday (or Monday)
- Design 2 Rewrite due Friday by midnight into the “Final” folder. [turn in]
- Do discussion TEAMMATES eval, released each Thursay, due by Monday.
- Getting to the end, folks!
Week 10 Discussion Groups
| Group | Partner 1 | Partner 2 | Partner 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamad | James | Vivian | |
| 2 | Hao | Abby | Kylee | |
| 3 | Adam | Ilan | Sean | |
| 4 | Ashton | Christian | Veronica |
Tuesday
- Finish Muscle Discussion [discussion] [slide deck 2]
Muscle Design podcast
- Begin Biomechanics and Locomotion [discussion] [slide deck 1]
Thursday
- Biomechanics and Locomotion [discussion] [slide deck 1]
- Support vs. Locomotion
- Material properties and functional design
- stress and strain
- posture
- stress and strain
- Muscle architecture
- Lever arms and gear ratios
- Terrestrial Locomotion [discussion] [slide deck 2]
- Cursorial adaptations
- Trends in posture
- Limb cycles and gaits (kinematics)
- Ground reaction forces and joint forces (biomechanics)
- Conservation of energy in running, walking jumping
Coming up Next Week
- Homework 5 Muscles & Biomechanics due Thursday 11/07 [schedule]
Reminders and materials