@inproceedings{BurovikhinSackmannSch{\"a}retal.2019,
  author    = {Burovikhin, Dmitrii and Sackmann, Benjamin and Sch{\"a}r, Merlin and Sim, Jae Hoon and Eberhard, Peter and Lauxmann, Michael},
  title     = {Investigation of inhomogeneous stiffness and damping characteristics of the human stapedial annular ligament},
  booktitle = {Multibody dynamics 2019 : proceedings of the 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics. - (Computational methods in applied sciences ; 53)},
  editor    = {Kecskem{\´e}thy, Andr{\´e}s},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-23132-3},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-23132-3_3},
  institution = {Technik},
  pages     = {18 -- 25},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}