An apparatus and a method for determining the slip resistance of shoes and floors by simulation of human foot motions

Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 979-995

  Grönqvist, Raoul ^a   Roine, Jouko ^a   Järvinen, Erkki ^b   Korhonen, Eeero ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coefficient of kinetic friction; Lubricants; Safety criteria; Shoes and floors; Simulation of foot motions; Slip resistance

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEDESTRIAN; SAFETY; SHOE; SIMULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024445034     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138908966859     Document Type: Article

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