Biomechanics

Part 1 Plenary lectures: the use of robotics technology in the knee ligament research, S.L.Y. Woo et al; unsteady flow in a collapsible tube - analysis and experiment, Y. Matsuzaki; analysis of the ventricle afterload and left-ventricle/systematic-arterial coupling, W.Y. Wu and G.B. Wen; biomechanics of lower limb prosthesis, J.C.H. Goh. Part 2 Tutorial lectures: biomechanics of the dynamic behaviour of platelets and leukocytes in microcirculation, N. Ohshima et al; finite element modelling of brain injury - a review, A.I. King et al; thirty years of progress in the diarthrodial joint biomechanics research, V.C. Mow. Part 3 Mechanics of tissue and organs: determination of the mechanical properties of the intima media and adventitia of blood vessels in vivo, Y.C. Fung and S.Q. Liu; endothelial calcium signalling and gene regulation due to the shear stress or mechanical deformation, S.L. Diamond; vascular response to shear stress, D.N. Ku et al. Part 4 Haemodynamics and rheology: clinical and experimental haemorheology study on the chronic cor pulmonale, F.Y. Zhuang et al; some work on the theory and technique for hydrodynamic simulation of blood circulation system, C. Chen; transport of labelled low-density lipoproteins in the arterial wall in vivo - a mathematical model and analytical solution, W.C. Tan. Part 5 Orthopaedic mechanics: an experimental approach to evaluate the contact mechanics in the wrist joint and its stability, T. Hara et al; evaluation of the tribological severity in the knee prostheses under walking conditions, T. Murakami et al; mechanical evaluation of spondylolysis by stress analysis of a system of the lumbar vertebrae, E. Tanaka et al. Part 6 Cellular mechanics and tissue engineering: molecular structure and function of tropomodulin in cell mechanics, K.L. Sung et al; static equilibrium of membrane tethers and the flow of membrane from cells to tethers, R.M. Hochmuth and J.Y. Shao; intravenous membrane oxygenators with balloon pumping, T.K. Huang et al.