3-D Finite-Element Models of Human and Monkey Fingertips to Investigate the Mechanics of Tactile Sense

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 682-691

  Dandekar, Kiran ^a   Raju, Balasundar I ^a   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE;

MECHANICAL SIGNALS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DISPLACEMENT; FINGER; FINGER MALFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONKEY; MULTILAYERED MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINGERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESSURE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

EID: 0142139184     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1613673     Document Type: Article

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