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Investigation of Inhomogeneous Stiffness and Damping Characteristics of the Human Stapedial Annular Ligament

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Multibody Dynamics 2019 (ECCOMAS 2019)

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This study describes a non-contact measuring and system identification procedure for evaluating inhomogeneous stiffness and damping characteristics of the annular ligament in the physiological amplitude and frequency range without the application of large static external forces that can cause unnatural displacements of the stapes. To verify the procedure, measurements were first conducted on a steel beam. Then, measurements on an individual human cadaveric temporal bone sample were performed. The estimated results support the inhomogeneous stiffness and damping distribution of the annular ligament and are in a good agreement with the multiphoton microscopy results which show that the posterior-inferior corner of the stapes footplate is the stiffest region of the annular ligament.

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  1. Reutlingen University, Alteburgstr. 150, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany

    D. Burovikhin, Benjamin Sackmann & M. Lauxmann

  2. University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Merlin Schär & J. H. Sim

  3. Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    P. Eberhard

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Burovikhin, D., Sackmann, B., Schär, M., Sim, J.H., Eberhard, P., Lauxmann, M. (2020). Investigation of Inhomogeneous Stiffness and Damping Characteristics of the Human Stapedial Annular Ligament. In: Kecskeméthy, A., Geu Flores, F. (eds) Multibody Dynamics 2019. ECCOMAS 2019. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 53. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23132-3_3

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