Mechanical behavior of the fingertip in the range of frequencies and displacements relevant to touch

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1869-1874

  Wiertlewski, Michael ^a,b   Hayward, Vincent ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Finger mechanics; Fingertip impedance; Skin mechanics

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HIGH MOBILITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL LOADS;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICS;

ELASTICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER TIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LOADING TEST; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TIME; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863579233     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.05.045     Document Type: Article

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