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Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler
This paper presents a possibility of quasi-periodic and chaotic vibrations in the human middle ear stimulated by an implant, which is fixed to the incus by means of a nonlinear coupler. The coupler represents a classical element made of titanium and shape memory alloy. A five-degrees-of-freedom mode...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472706/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185121 |
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author | Rusinek, Rafal Rekas, Joanna Wojtowicz, Katarzyna Zablotni, Robert |
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description | This paper presents a possibility of quasi-periodic and chaotic vibrations in the human middle ear stimulated by an implant, which is fixed to the incus by means of a nonlinear coupler. The coupler represents a classical element made of titanium and shape memory alloy. A five-degrees-of-freedom model of lumped masses is used to represent the implanted middle ear for both normal and pathological ears. The model is engaged to numerically find the influence of the nonlinear coupler on stapes and implant dynamics. As a result, regions of parameters regarding the quasi-periodic, polyharmonic and irregular motion are identified as new contributions in ear bio-mechanics. The nonlinear coupler causes irregular motion, which is undesired for the middle ear. However, the use of the stiff coupler also ensures regular vibrations of the stapes for higher frequencies. As a consequence, the utility of the nonlinear coupler is proven. |
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spelling | pubmed-84727062021-09-28 Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler Rusinek, Rafal Rekas, Joanna Wojtowicz, Katarzyna Zablotni, Robert Materials (Basel) Article This paper presents a possibility of quasi-periodic and chaotic vibrations in the human middle ear stimulated by an implant, which is fixed to the incus by means of a nonlinear coupler. The coupler represents a classical element made of titanium and shape memory alloy. A five-degrees-of-freedom model of lumped masses is used to represent the implanted middle ear for both normal and pathological ears. The model is engaged to numerically find the influence of the nonlinear coupler on stapes and implant dynamics. As a result, regions of parameters regarding the quasi-periodic, polyharmonic and irregular motion are identified as new contributions in ear bio-mechanics. The nonlinear coupler causes irregular motion, which is undesired for the middle ear. However, the use of the stiff coupler also ensures regular vibrations of the stapes for higher frequencies. As a consequence, the utility of the nonlinear coupler is proven. MDPI 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8472706/ /pubmed/34576345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185121 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rusinek, Rafal Rekas, Joanna Wojtowicz, Katarzyna Zablotni, Robert Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title | Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title_full | Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title_fullStr | Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title_full_unstemmed | Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title_short | Polyharmonic Vibrations of Human Middle Ear Implanted by Means of Nonlinear Coupler |
title_sort | polyharmonic vibrations of human middle ear implanted by means of nonlinear coupler |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472706/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185121 |
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