A Model of a Sensory Mechanoreceptor Derived From Homogenization

DOI10.1137/0150010zbMath0686.92008OpenAlexW2064163325MaRDI QIDQ4205267

Jonathan Bell, Mark H. Holmes

Publication date: 1990

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0150010

zbMATH Keywords

approximationcontinuum modelpressure distributionshomogenization techniquemechanoreceptorshear strainstrain distributionsPacinian corpusclereceptor membraneelastic shell theoryhomogenized pressure fieldradial lamella displacementthreshold stimulustransducer mechanism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Shells (74K25) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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