Relationship between the Structure of Finger Tissue and the Location of Tactile Receptors (3rd Report, Results of Contact Analysis between a Finger and a Rough Plate)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 65, Issue 636, 1999, Pages 3321-3327

  Kodayashi, Kazumi ^a   Maeno, Takashi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contact Problem; Finite Element Method; Tactile Receptor; Tribology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455176605     PISSN: 03875024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaic.65.3321     Document Type: Article

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