Browsing Scholarly Works, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics by Subject "Beam model analysis"

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Biomechanics of hair cell kinocilia: experimental measurement of kinocilium shaft stiffness and base rotational stiffness with Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam analysis

Spoon, C.; Grant, W. (Company of Biologists Ltd., 2011-03-01)

Vestibular hair cell bundles in the inner ear contain a single kinocilium composed of a 9+2 microtubule structure. Kinocilia play a crucial role in transmitting movement of the overlying mass, otoconial membrane or cupula ...