Viscoelastic properties of gerbil tympanic membrane at very low frequencies

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 919-924

  Aernouts, Jef ^a   Dirckx, Joris J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous relaxation model; Eardrum; Generalized Maxwell model; Gerbil; Reduced relaxation function; Stress relaxation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS RELAXATION; EARDRUM; GENERALIZED MAXWELL MODEL; GERBIL; RELAXATION FUNCTIONS;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS RELAXATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EARDRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERBIL; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GERBILLINAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84858619639     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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