Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference (한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.04a
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- Pages.22-27
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- 2001
Finite Element Modeling of The Basilar Membrane in Cochlea
달팽이관내 기저막의 유한요소 모델링
Abstract
Cochlea is well known to have the ability to analyze a wide frequency and this ability seems to be caused to the Basilar Membrane(BM) configuration. However, the relationship between the Cochlea frequency-position map is not clear. In this paper, the three-dimensional BM Model was made using the Finite Element method. Then, an attempt was made to examine the influence of the BM configuration on the Cochlea frequency-position map. Theoretical consideration reveals that the wide frequency-position of Cochlea is achieved by not only the BM configuration change along the length of the Cochlea but also the change of the Young's module of the BM along the length of the Cochlea.