Bibliographic citations
Müller, S., (2020). Determination of the signals recorded by carpal vibrissae of rats during locomotion and forelimb touch down [Tesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/16976
Müller, S., Determination of the signals recorded by carpal vibrissae of rats during locomotion and forelimb touch down [Tesis]. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/16976
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title = "Determination of the signals recorded by carpal vibrissae of rats during locomotion and forelimb touch down",
author = "Müller, Sebastian",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2020"
}
Variousmammals, e.g. rats, have tactile hairs on their paws, the so-called carpal vibrissae. Studies of the locomotion ofrats have shown that the contact between the carpal vibrissae and the ground have an influence on the locomotion behaviour of the animals. Carpal vibrissae consist of a hair shaft and a follicle. The hair shaft is long, slender, elastic and is located in the follicle. The follicle includes the mechanoreceptors. A mechanical model of acarpalvibrissawasdesignedonthebasisofpreliminaryworks fromtheBiomechatronics Group and Technical Mechanics Group of the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Section of Mechanical Engineering, Pontificial Catholic University of Peru. The objective ofthepresent work is to determine the forces and moments acting in the follicle during the locomotion of a rat. From the determined signals, conclusions could be drawn about the nature ofthe contact between hair shaft and surface. Forthis purpose, the in a preliminary work determined trajectory of a rat’s paw was combined with the in this work created mechanical model. The resulting inverse dynamic analysis was performed in the multi-body simulation program ALASKA. Since not all properties and parameters of the biological model are known, e.g.,the coefficient offriction,the support characteristics orthematerial properties of the hair shaft were varied. As a result of the parameter studies, various influences could be confirmed. Amongst other things, effects had been shown, such as a change in signal strength and changes in contact time.
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