The effect of normal force and roughness on friction in human finger contact

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 5-8, 2009, Pages 1311-1318

  Tomlinson, S E ^a   Lewis, R ^a   Carre M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction; Grip; Human skin

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; FRICTION FORCE; FRICTION MECHANISM; GRIP; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; HUMAN FINGERS; HUMAN SKIN; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW LOAD; NORMAL FORCES; SURFACE RIDGES;

ADHESION; ELASTOMERS; FRICTION; METAL ANALYSIS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TESTING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 67349135307     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.084     Document Type: Article

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