Characterization of statical properties of rat's whisker system

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-349

  Carl, Kathrin ^a   Hild, Wolfram ^a   Mämpel, Jörg ^a   Schilling, Cornelius ^a   Uhlig, René ^a   Witte, Hartmut ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexural stiffness; rat vibrissae; whiskers; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; BIO-INSPIRED; CYLINDRICAL ROD; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; SENSE ORGANS; SPRING CONSTANTS; STATIC PARAMETERS; TECHNICAL SENSORS; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION; UNIAXIAL BENDING; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BENDING TESTS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RATS; STIFFNESS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 83455172565     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2114341     Document Type: Article

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