Multiscale Mechanical Model of the Pacinian Corpuscle Shows Depth and Anisotropy Contribute to the Receptor’s Characteristic Response to Indentation
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Von Mises strain resulting from surface indentation at different locations.
The Von Mises strain (millistrain) at each element in the epidermis (top) and dermis (bottom) cases calculated after 10 μm indentation at three different locations on the surface (750 μm down the short axis of the PC, directly above the center of the PC, 750 μm down the long axis of the PC). The green arrows indicate the location of indentation. The large-strain region around the indenter reaches the epidermally-located PC but does not penetrate to the depth of the dermally-located PC. Only one quarter of the embedded PC mesh is shown due to symmetry.