Influence of surface microstructure on the sliding friction of plantar skin against hard substrates

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 5-8, 2009, Pages 1281-1288

  Derler, S ^a   Huber, R ^a   Feuz, H P ^a   Hadad, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adhesion and deformation; Lubrication; Plantar skin; Surface microstructure; Wet sliding friction

Indexed keywords

ADHESION MECHANISMS; COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION; DEFORMATION COMPONENT; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION MEASUREMENTS; HARD SUBSTRATE; LOAD DEPENDENCE; LOW FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MACROSCOPIC SURFACES; MICROSCOPIC SURFACE; NORMAL FORCES; PLANTAR SKIN; PROFILOMETER; ROUGH SURFACES; SKIN DEFORMATION; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIDING FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SMOOTH SURFACE; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; TRI-AXIAL FORCES; WET SLIDING FRICTION; WET SURFACES;

ADHESION; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SKIN; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIBOLOGY;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 65749109958     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.053     Document Type: Article

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