Friction of the human finger pad: Influence of moisture, occlusion and velocity

Tribology Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-137

  Pasumarty, Subrahmanyam M ^a   Johnson, Simon A ^a   Watson, Simon A ^a   Adams, Michael J ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotribology; Friction mechanisms; Skin; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOTRIBOLOGY; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION MECHANISM; HUMAN FINGERS; SLIDING VELOCITIES; SMOOTH SURFACE; SURFACE-ROUGHENING;

SKIN; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY; WATER;

FRICTION;

EID: 84867045247     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9828-0     Document Type: Article

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