Biomechanics of the tympanic membrane

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1219-1236

  Volandri, G ^a   Di Puccio, F ^a   Forte, P ^a   Carmignani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eardrum; FEM; Sound; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EAR CANAL; EARDRUM; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FEM; KEY COMPONENT; MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; MIDDLE EARS; MODAL FREQUENCY; SIMULATION RESULT; SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SOUND WAVES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MEMBRANES;

ACOUSTICS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; EARDRUM; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOUND PRESSURE; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR, MIDDLE; ELASTICITY; HEARING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SOUND; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79954614807     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.023     Document Type: Review

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