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The Interdisciplinarity in Mechanical Engineering The Mechanical Engineering, as many technical areas, is facing new challenges given the development of other sciences. Thus arose interdisciplinary research and design directions, such as: the mechatronics, robotics, biomechanics, biomimetics, bionics etc., which gradually became new areas of study of scientific knowledge.In this context, the Biomechanics represent today a science of nature which studying the objective laws of the equilibrium and movement of material living bodies. Because Biomechanics is a science in full development and structuration, the directions of research may constitute its divisions, too. So, according to some authors, biomechanics has the following divisions or parts: Biomechanics of Rigid Bodies;Biomechanics of Deformable Bodies;Biomechanics of Fluids; Anthropometrics;Electromyography, and according to others, biomechanics is constituted by: Orthopedic Biomechanics;Biomaterials and their biomechanical properties;Muscles Mechanics;Sports Biomechanics;Ergonomics;Gait Analysis;Movement Control;Modeling and simulation of biomechanics systems on computer;Anthropometrics. As in Mechanics, many of the Biomechanics divisions are analyzed from the point of view: Static : is that part of biomechanics dealing with the study of equivalent force systems and equilibrium conditions.
Kinematic : is that part of biomechanics dealing with the movement without taking into account the forces and the masses of the system.
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Dynamic : is that part of biomechanics dealing with the movement taking into account theforces and the masses of the system.
Due to interdisciplinarity of biomechanics, the connections with other sciences are multiple, among those being: medicine, biology, engineering, physics, chemistry, sports. In specialty literature there are presented various schemes of connections of biomechanics, like the one below presented.
Kinesiology - antropometrics - physiology - psycho-locomotors
Natural sciences
Medical sciences
- biophysics - biology - zoology
- ergonomics - physical therapy - occupational therapy
BIOMECHANICS Engineering - mechanics - electrics - material science - biomedical
Mathematics - algebra - numerical calculus - trigonometry
Medicine - orthopedics - reconstructive - sportive
There are many other connection schemes, existing multiple disciplines inside some sciences that have, in a way or other, relation with biomechanics.