Cochlear mechanics: analysis for a pure tone.
A three-dimensional hydroelastic model of the cochlea is analyzed, in which the fluid is viscous and the basilar membrane is an inhomogeneous orthotropic elastic plate. After the solution is obtained using a multiple-scale approximation, comparison is made with experiment for the human cochlea.
D001489:Basilar Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D004710:Endolymph / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010498:Perilymph / Q000502:physiology; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011571:Psychoacoustics