Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Pawluk, D T V ^a   Howe, R D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; RIGIDITY; SENSOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 0033429106     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2800860     Document Type: Article

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