HK 376 Biomechanics
–
Course Syllabus
Department of Human Kinetics
Saint Francis Xavier University
Instructor:
Dr.
Sasho MacK
enzie
email:
smackenz@stfx.ca
Office:
Room 211,
Exercise Science Centre
Office
hours:
Tuesday 1
–
2:3
0 pm
; Friday 1
-
2:30 pm
Course Time
:
A
Block
[Monday
–
8:15 Tuesday
–
10:15 Thursday
–
9:15]
Web page:
http://people.stfx.ca/smackenz/
Text:
McGinnis, Peter M., Biomech
anics of Sport and Exercise 2
nd
Ed.
Course Objectives:
a.
To encourage students in biomechanics to develop an analytical problem solving approach
that utilizes a systematic chain of reasoning based on the premises established by Newton.
b.
To provide the mech
anical information necessary to enable the student to objectively
criticize the sport technique involved in any athletic event which the student may one day
have to teach or coach. Specifically, the student will be required to:
i)
understand and be able to a
pply Newton’s three laws of motion as they apply to
human movement.
ii)
understand and be able to apply the ‘free body diagram’ concept to the analyses of
human movement.
Evaluation:
Midterm
#1
20
%
Tuesday, October
9
Midterm
#2
20
%
Monday
, November
12
Labs/Assignments
15
%
Final Exam
45
%
Total
100 %
C
ourse Content
:
Labs
(Exercise Science Centre Room 123)
1.
Mathematics Refresher
-
September 1
0
2.
Free Body Diagrams #1
-
September
1
7
3.
Free Body Diagrams #2
-
September 2
4
4.
Ground Reaction Forces (Force Plate)
-
October
1
5.
Muscle Mechanics
-
October
22
6.
Calculation of Moments
-
October 29
7.
Determining the Center of Gravity of the Human Body
-
November
5
8.
Angular Momentum and Gyroscopic Motion
-
November
19
If your overall average is >50%, but you fail the Final
Exam (< 50%), then your Final Exam mark will be
recorded on your transcript. You must pass the Final
Class
es
(
order may va
ry
)
1.
September
6
Introduction to Class
2.
September 1
0
Linear Kinematics
-
Chapter 2
3.
September 1
1
–
N
3
Angular hinematics
-
Cha灴er S
㐮
September
17
–
ㄸ
hinematic dra灨ing
㔮
September 2
0
Free Body Diagrams
-
Chapter 1
6.
September 2
4
–
2
5
cricti潮
-
Cha灴er N
㜮
September
2
7
Newton’s Laws and
Bi潭echa湩cs
-
Cha灴er 3
Ⱐ,
㠮
October
1
Newton’s Second Law
††††††††††††
-
Cha灴er 3
㤮
October
2
Impulse
-
Chapter 3
10.
October
4
Projectile Motion
-
Chapter 2
11.
October
9
Midterm #1
12.
October 1
1
Impacts: Coefficient of Restitution et al.
-
Chapter 3
13.
October 1
5
Midterm #1 Review
14.
October 1
6
Springs and Hooke’s Law
-
Cha灴er 4
ㄵN
October
18
Work
-
Energy Theorem
-
Chapter 4
16.
October 2
2
Muscle Mechanics
-
Chapter 11
17.
October 2
3
Introduction to Torque
-
Chapter 5
18.
October 2
5
–
㈹
ptatic
b煵ili扲i畭
-
Cha灴er 5
ㄹN
October 30
Muscle Moments
-
Chapter 5
20.
November
1
Levers
21.
November
5
Center of Gravity
-
Chapter 5
22.
November
6
Moment of Inertia
-
Chapter 7
23.
November
8
Angular
Momentum
-
Chapter 7
24.
November
12
Midterm #2
25.
November 1
3
Twisting
26.
November
1
5
Midterm #2 Review
27.
November
19
Gyroscopic Motion (Precession)
28.
November 2
0
Angular Momentum and
Stability
29.
November 2
2
Fluid Mechanics: Buoyancy
-
Chapter
8
30.
November
2
6
Dynamic Fluid Forces
-
Chapter 8
31.
November 2
7
Lift
-
Chapter 8
32.
November 29
Applying Biomechanics to Research
Assignments
Six assignments will be administered. Students are only permitted to ask clarification
questions regarding the assignments.
Neither the Lab
Instructor
nor the
Professor
will
provide any help with assignments prior to their evaluation.
After the assignment
has
been evaluated we will be more than happy to help you with an assignment problem. If
,
in
doing an assignment
,
you realize that you don’t understand a concept, then the onus is on you
to ask general questions regarding the concept without referring to t
he assignment.
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