On the sensitivity of the vibrational response of the human head

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 382-388

  Dassios, G ^a   Kiriakopoulos, M K ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

CONFOCAL SHELLS; PROLATE SPHEROID; SCALP SKULL SYSTEM;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0032071825     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004660050315     Document Type: Article

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