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. 2007 Nov 13;5(24):691–703. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1237

Table 2.

Model parameters. (For clarification of geometry parameters, see figure 4.)

description symbol value
width of syringeal base (mm) w 1.5
length of syringeal base (mm) L 3.0
height of mass 1 (mm) h1 0.4
height of mass 2 (mm) h1+h2 2.4
LVM height (mm) h1+h2+h3 2.8
massa (g) m (m1=m2) 1.7×10−3
stiffnessa (g ms−2) k1, k2 22.0×10−3
damping constant (g ms−1) r1, r2 1.2×10−3
coupling constanta (g ms−2) kc 6.0×10−3
rest area of mass 1 (mm2) a01 0.3
rest area of mass 2 (mm2) a02 0.3
a

Parameters are rescaled during coo according to equation (4.9).