1 Mechanics of the Unusual Basilar Membrane in Gerbil Santosh Kapuria, IIT Delhi Charles Steele, Stanford Sunil Puria, Stanford
2 Microstructure of BM Detailed anatomy Guinea pig: S Iurato (1962) Cat: LM Cabazudo (1978) Gerbil: Schweitzer L, Lutz C, Hobbs M, Weaver SP (1996) Point load measurements Human: Békésy (1960) Guinea pig: Gummer WA, Johnstone BM, Armstrong NJ (1981) Miller, C (1985) Gerbil: Olson EE, Mountain DC (1994) Naidu, RC, Mountain DC (1998) Emadi G, Richter CP, Dallos P (2004)
3 Iurato 1962,gp
4 I- Beam
Beam with constraints 5
6 Gerbil organ of Corti Arc of BM Edge, et al. (1998)
7 Gerbil OC (Corrales, 2006) 7
8 Beam model for BM
9 Arch model
10 Buckling of arch
Olson and Mountain
Emadi et al
13 Emadi, et al. (2004)
Point load on arch 14
15 Pressure loading without Pillar stiffness
16 Frequency map
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18 Fast4 model of OC
Gerbil 2.75 mm, 1 kHz, wavelength = 10 mm 19
Gerbil 2.75, with pressure amplitudes 20
Gerbil at 2.75 mm, add axial flow amplitudes 21
Gerbil at 2.75 mm, add axial flow amplitudes with viscosity 22
23 Gerbil at BF, add axial viscosity
24 Acknowledgement q Fulbright Fellowship to SK q NIH RO1 DC007910
25 Close up, showing cilia and tip links
2607/07/2011 Lubrication theory HS TM IHC tip of cilium gapTM gapHS qHS qTM pressL1 pressIS Fluid displacement FD FD gapHS gapTM = – pressL1– pressIS qHS qTM perm * d/dt Edge, et al. (1998)