Multiscale Mechanical Model of the Pacinian Corpuscle Shows Depth and Anisotropy Contribute to the Receptor’s Characteristic Response to Indentation
Fig 3
Finite-element meshes and representative networks.
(A) The isolated PC model was populated with circumferentially-aligned Delaunay networks and indented with an indenter of diameter 250μm. (B) The epidermis and dermis PC models were populated with circumferentially-aligned Delaunay networks in the PC elements (red) and transversely isotropic Delaunay networks in the skin elements (gold). Single nodes on the surface of the meshes were indented.