PRELIMINARY FINGERTIP PRESSURE AREA DISTRIBUTION VIA EXPERIMENTAL TEST AND NUMERICAL MODEL

Maria Laura D’Angelo, Ferdinando Cannella, Mariacarla Memeo, Mariapaola D’Imperio, Matteo Bianchi
Abstract:
The fingertip deformation represents the basic mechanical action that shapes human haptic perception. In this work, we present an experimental set up to provide, as proof of the concept, a characterization of human fingertip mechanical properties, in terms of contact area and pressure distribution. Such measures are then correlated with the output of a 3D Finite Element (FE) Model of fingertip developed in order to validate our numerical approach for further investigations.
Keywords:
biomechanics, pressure sensors, pressure distribution, contact area, finite element model
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IMEKO-WC-2015-TC13-263.pdf
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Event details
Event name:
XXI IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Measurement in Research and Industry

Place:
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Time:
30 August 2015 - 04 September 2015