Finger pad friction and its role in grip and touch

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Adams, Michael J ^a   Johnson, Simon A ^b   Lefèvre, Philippe ^c   Lévesque, Vincent ^d   Hayward, Vincent ^e   André, Thibaut ^c   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact area; Contact mechanics; Human skin; Occlusion; Stick slip; Tribology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; TRIBOLOGY;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT MECHANICS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FRICTIONAL INTERACTIONS; HUMAN SKIN; OCCLUSION; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION;

FRICTION;

ELASTOMER; PLASTICIZER;

ADHESION; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; FINGER; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FINGER PAD; FRICTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINETICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOISTURE; OSCILLATION; PRECISION GRIP; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEAT; SWEATING; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER VAPOR; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84873629479     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0467     Document Type: Review

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