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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TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine

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