AM5010 Biomechanics

Dr. Varadhan SKM

Dept. Of Applied Mechanics
Course Instructor

Dr Varadhan SKM.
Office: MSB 227 C
Office Hours: By appointment (online)
email id: skm@iitm.ac.in
Teaching Assistants

• Prajwal Shenoy: prajwal.shenoy@manipal.edu

• Thomas Jacob: thomas.jacob89@gmail.com
• Eswari Priya: priya.eswari@gmail.com
• Swarnab Dutta: swarnab.dutta.1408@gmail.com
• Anurag Gupta: tech.anurag01@gmail.com
Meeting Times
• Recorded lectures will be uploaded for each week. There
will be a mandatory weekly discussion class.

• “C” slot-
– Every Fridays (12:00 AM to 12:50 AM) – Live
Interaction Class
– Mondays (10:00 AM to 10:50 AM) – Only some
weeks. (if Monday class happens, then it will be
conveyed in advance.)
Venue
Google Classroom
Attendance

Institute norms of 85% attendance shall be strictly

enforced in this course. Students having below 85%
attendance will be awarded ‘W’ Grade as per institute
norms
Assessments

• Assignments (Notes) = 20
• Final exam = 80

Final exam
The final exam shall be comprehensive and shall be
conducted on the day of the official final exam date as per
institute calendar or on a date agreed by all.

Grading
Grades will be based on an absolute grading scale with S
given to those who score above 90, A for those who score
above 80 and so on
Course Syllabus
Refer to course outline document.
Reading Materials
(These books are available in the library)
1. Nihat Ozkaya and Margareta Nordin. Fundamentals of
Biomechanics: Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation
2. Joseph Hamill and Kathleen Knutzen. Biomechanical Basis of
Human Movement
3. Susan J. Hall. Basic Biomechanics
4. Margareta Nordin and Victor Frankel. Basic Biomechanics of
the Musculoskeletal System
5. David Winter. Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human
Movement
6. Irving P. Herman, Physics of the Human Body, Springer, New
York, NY, November 2006
7. Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M. Kinetics of human motion. Human
Kinetics, 2002.
8. Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M. Kinematics of Human Motion. Human
Kinetics, 2002.
9. Zatsiorsky, Vladimir, and Boris Prilutsky. Biomechanics of
skeletal muscles. Human Kinetics, 2012.
Thank you