Numerical methods in biomechanics
ME-484
Media
Media
Media
Media
W-01
C: Course overview and structure
C: Introduction and examples
E: Comsol tutorial 1: A simple example
- Introduction (File)
- Recorded lecture W01-Intro-A (URL)
- Recorded lecture W01-Intro-B (URL)
- Article aneurysm (File)
- Article cartilage (File)
- Project report example 1 (File)
- Project report example 2 (File)
- Project report example 3 (File)
- Project report example 4 (File)
- Exercise 1 (Comsol simple example) (File)
- Exercise 1 (solution) (File)
W-02
C: External lecturer (Philippe Büchler, ARTORG, Bern University)
C: External lecturer (Philippe Favre, Zimmer Biomet company)
E: Comsol tutorial 2: Geometrical tools
- Philippe Büchler (UniBern) (File)
- Philippe Favre (Zimmer-Biomet) (File)
- Recorded lecture W02 Ext. Lect. (URL)
- Exercise 2 (Comsol geometry tools) (File)
W-03
C: Partial Differential Equations
C: Partial Differential Equations
E: Comsol tutorial 3: multiphysics modeling
- PDE (File)
- Recorded lecture W-03-A (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-03-B (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-03-C (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-03-D (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-03-E (URL)
- ODEpredator-Prey (Comsol) (File)
- ODEboneAdaptation (Comsol) (File)
- PDElaplace (Comsol) (File)
- PDEheat (Comsol) (File)
- Exercise 3 (Comsol multiphysics modelling) (File)
- Exercise 3 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercice 1-3 & class examples (step by step) (File)
W-04
C: Solid mechanics
C: Solid mechanics
- Solid mechanics (File)
- Recorded lecture W-04-A (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-04-B (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-04-C (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-04-D (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-04-E (URL)
- Cube (Comsol) (File)
- Cartilage (Comsol) (File)
- Kirsch plate (Comsol) (File)
- Exercise 4 (Comsol solid) (File)
- Bone strain review article (Bayraktar2004) (File)
- Bone strain review article (Yang2011) (File)
- Bone strain review article (Nazer2012) (File)
- Exercice 4 & class examples (step by step) (File)
- Exercise 4 (Comsol solution) (File)
W-05
C: Fluid mechanics
C: Fluid mechanics
E: Fluid mechanics
- Fluid mechanics (File)
- Recorded W-05-A (URL)
- Recorded W-05-B (URL)
- Laminar artery flow (Comsol) (File)
- Exercise 5 (Comsol fluid) (File)
- Artificial tear device (File)
- Exercise 5 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercise 5 (step-by-step) (File)
W-06
P: Midterm presentation
P: Midterm presentation
P: Project suport
W-07
C: Finite Element Method
C: Finite Element Method
E: Finite Element Method
- FEM (File)
- Recorded lecture W-06-A (URL)
- Recorded lecture W-06-B (URL)
- ASME V&V 20-2009 (File)
- ASME V&V (File)
- CMBBE 2007 V&V (File)
- FDA recommendations (File)
- Simple FEM (Comsol) (File)
- TetraVsHexa (File)
- Exercise 6 (FEM) (File)
- ankleProsthesis.mph (Comsol) (File)
- ankleProsthesisSolution (Comsol) (File)
- Exercise 6 step-by-step (File)
W-08
10:15 - 12:00 : Midterm evaluation ➞ Replaced by lecture on Verification and Validation
12:15 - 13:00 : Project support
- Recorded lecture W-07-A (URL)
- V&V report grading (File)
- Aycock et al. - 2024 (File)
- Aycock et al. - 2024 - Appendix (File)
- FDA - Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling (File)
- ASME Fluid (File)
- ASME Solid (File)
- Oefner et al 2021 (File)
- Erdermir et al 2012 (File)
- Henninger et al 2010 (File)
- Anderson et al 2007 (File)
W-09
C: Multiphysics and coupling
C: Multiphysics and coupling
E: Multiphysics and coupling (Ex. 7: artificial bladder with contact)
- Multiphysics coupling (File)
- Recorded lecture (URL)
- Advection-Diffusion (Comsol) (File)
- Examples (solution steps) (File)
- Fluid-Structure Interaction (Comsol) (File)
- Drug Eluting Stent (student project) (File)
- Artificial Bladder (student project) (File)
- Exercise 7 (artificial bladder 1) (File)
- Exercise 7 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercise 7 (solution steps) (File)
Easter holidays
W-10
C: Multiphysics and coupling example 1
E: Multiphysics and coupling (Ex. 8: artificial bladder with fluid)
P: Project support
- Multiphysics and coupling example 1: patella after knee arthroplasty (File)
- Exercise 8 (artificial bladder 2) (File)
- Solution 7 to start exercise 8 (Comsol) (File)
- Exercise 8 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercise 8 (solution steps) (File)
W-11
C: Multiphysics and coupling example 2
E: Multiphysics and coupling (Ex. 9: Strain in granulation tissue)
P: Project support
- Multiphysics and coupling example 2: cementless femoral stem (File)
- Recorded lecture (URL)
- Exercice 9 (3D-2D coupling) (File)
- Exercise 9 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercise 9 (solution steps) (File)
W-12
C: Multiphysics and coupling example 3
E: Multiphysics and coupling (Ex. 10: micro-fluidic chamber)
P: Projet support
- Shoulder arthroplasty in silico trail (File)
- Exercise 10 (Advection-Diffusion-Reaction) (File)
- Exercise 10 parameters (File)
- Exercise 10 (Comsol solution) (File)
- Exercise 10 (solution steps) (File)
W-13
P: Final project presentations
P: Final project presentations
P: Project support
Ascension day
One week after semester end: Project report
The report should follow the recommendations in the template (Project report template, in LaTeX or Word) and in the document "Advices for scientific writing". Upload the report as pdf.
Upload the Comsol file(s), without mesh and results, as explained in the following link: https://www.comsol.com/support/knowledgebase/1238
- Mesh > Clear built mesh
- Study > Clear solutions
- Advices for scientific writing (File)
- Project report template (LaTeX) (File)
- Project report template (Word) (File)
July 3rd: Final exam
The exam is open-book. It is scheduled from 09h15 to 12h15, in room CM 1 106.