Required coefficient of friction versus top-piece/outsole hardness and walking speed: Significance of correlations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 763-769

  Fendley, Ann E ^a   Medoff, Howard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

available coefficient of friction; engineering; fall accidents; forensic science; outsole; required coefficient of friction; slips; top piece; tribometer

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FALLING; FRICTION; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING;

EID: 0029819025     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13994j     Document Type: Article

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