An investigation of tlie iviechanics of tactile sense using two-dimensional models of the primate fingertip

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-55

  Srinivasan, M A ^a   Dandekar, K ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SKIN; STRAIN; STRESSES;

MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL CODING; PRIMATE FINGERTIP; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; SURFACE LOAD DISTRIBUTION; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; FINGER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; TOUCH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FINGERS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0030087641     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2795945     Document Type: Article

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