Acoustics and Biological Structures

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dc.contributor.authorAlves-Pereira M
dc.contributor.authorRapley B
dc.contributor.authorBakker H
dc.contributor.authorSummers S
dc.contributor.editorFellah, ZEA
dc.contributor.editorOgam, E
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-06T22:37:03Z
dc.date.available2019-04-25
dc.date.available2023-08-06T22:37:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-25
dc.description.abstractWithin the context of noise-induced health effects, the impact of airborne acoustical phenomena on biological tissues, particularly within the lower frequency ranges, is very poorly understood. Although the human body is a viscoelastic-composite material, it is generally modeled as Hooke elastic. This implies that acoustical coupling is considered to be nonexistent at acoustical frequencies outside of the human auditory threshold. Researching the acoustical properties of mammalian tissue raises many problems. When tissue samples are investigated as to their pure mechanical properties, stimuli are not usually in the form of airborne pressure waves. Moreover, since the response of biological tissue is dependent on frequency, amplitude, and time profile, precision laboratory equipment and relevant physiological endpoints are mandatory requirements that are oftentimes difficult to achieve. Drawing upon the viscoelastic nature of biological tissue and the tensegrity model of cellular architecture, this chapter will visit what is known to date on the biological response to a variety of different acoustic stimuli at very low frequencies.
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dc.identifier5
dc.identifier.citationAcoustics of Materials, 2019
dc.identifier.doi10.5772/intechopen.82761
dc.identifier.elements-id423454
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.isbn9781838803506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19715
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dc.relation.isPartOfAcoustics of Materials
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dc.rights© 2019 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.subjectinfrasound
dc.subjectlow frequency noise
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectcellular biology
dc.subjecttissue morphology
dc.titleAcoustics and Biological Structures
dc.typechapter
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of People, Enviroment and Planning
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Food & Advanced Technology Manawatu
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