Contact of a finger on rigid surfaces and textiles: Friction coefficient and induced vibrations

Tribology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-158

  Fagiani, Ramona ^a,b   Massi, Francesco ^a   Chatelet, Eric ^a   Costes, Jean Philippe ^c   Berthier, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENSAM   (France)

Author keywords

Friction coefficient; Friction induced vibrations; Mechanoreceptors; Tactile perception; Textiles

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PARAMETERS; CONTACT STRESS; CONTACT SURFACE; EMPIRICAL LAWS; FINGER SKIN; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION FORCE; FRICTION INDUCED VIBRATION; HUMAN FINGERS; INDUCED VIBRATIONS; MECHANORECEPTORS; OBJECT SURFACE; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; RELATIVE GEOMETRY; RELATIVE MOTION; RIGID SURFACES; SCANNING SPEED; SLIDING CONTACTS; SURFACE SCANNING; SURFACE TEXTURES; TACTILE INFORMATION; TACTILE PERCEPTION; VIBRATION SPECTRA;

TEXTILES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FRICTION;

EID: 84868208584     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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