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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Vestib Res. 2005;15(4):203–214.

Table 4.

Physical parameters

Parameter Value Units
ρe endolymph density 1.0 g.cm−3
ρe endolymph viscosity 8.5 × 10−3 dyn.s−1.cm−1
ρc cupula density 1.0 g.cm−3
γc cupula shear stiffness 3.7 dyn.cm−2
h cupula thickness 3.08 × 10−2 cm
Γ permeability coef. 2.0 × 105 dyn.s−1.cm
ρs particle density 2.7 g.cm−3
a nom. particle radius 1.2 × 10−3 cm
Ns nom. particle number 6