Contact mechanics and friction on dry and wet human skin

Tribology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-30

  Persson, B N J ^a   Kovalev, A ^b   Gorb, S N ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Skin friction; Water layer

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY BRIDGES; CONTACT MECHANICS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL SHEAR STRESS; LUBRICATED SURFACES; SLIDING FRICTION COEFFICIENT; WATER LAYERS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; POLYMER FILMS; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN FRICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TISSUE; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 84875220996     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0053-2     Document Type: Article

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