Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Normalized rotational stiffness, K(x)/K(L/2), calculated for various truncated conical elastic beams. Top to bottom, the three curves correspond to tapers (R B/R T) of 1 (the untapered case), 5, and 20. We only show the distal half of the whisker, since whisker contacts are distal during natural behaviors [5].
