The role of surface roughness in the measurement of slipperiness

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1200-1216

  Chang, Wen Ruey ^a   Kim, In Ju ^a   Manning, Derek P ^a   Bunterngchit, Yuthachai ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Slip resistance; Slipperines; Surface roughnes

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROFILOMETRY; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; SCANNING;

SLIPPERINESS MEASUREMENTS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; FALLING; FRICTION; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; SHOE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0035923182     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110085565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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