Floor slipperiness measurement: Friction coefficient, roughness of floors, and subjective perception under spillage conditions

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 547-565

  Li, Kai Way ^a   Chang, Wen Ruey ^b   Leamon, Tom B ^b   Chen, Chin Jung ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Brungraber Mark II slip tester; Coefficient of friction (COF); Perceived floor slipperiness; Spills on floor

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; FLOORS; FRICTION; PROFILOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (COF); NEOLITE; PROFILOMETERS; SLIPPERINESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CERAMICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FRICTION; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHOE; SPILLAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 1942476918     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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