Effects of tread groove orientation and width of the footwear pads on measured friction coefficients

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 391-405

  Li, Kai Way ^a,b   Chin, Jung Chen ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Brungraber Mark II slipmeter; Coefficient of friction; Slip fall incidences; Tread groove design

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRUNGRABER MARK II SLIPMETER; SLIP/FALL INCIDENCES; TREAD GROOVE DESIGN; TREAD GROOVE ORIENTATION;

SHOE MANUFACTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLING; FRICTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE;

EID: 26844569518     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.08.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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