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This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. The emphasis for applications will be on soft tissues, but the student will develop general skills for continuum stress and strain analysis. With a continuum mechanical approach (solid and fluid mechanics, rheology) the following topics are addressed: mechanical properties of biofluids and biosolids, blood rheology, blood flow in arteries and veins, mechanical behaviour of skeletal muscles/heart muscle, mechanical properties of tissues such as bone and cartilage. Some parts will be based on current research in mechanics and biomechanics carried out in SFedU.