The available coefficient of friction associated with different slip probabilities for level straight walking

Safety Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-52

  Chang, Wen Ruey ^a   Matz, Simon ^a   Chang, Chien Chi ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Available coefficient of friction; Friction demand; Human locomotion; Slip probability

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; FRICTION DEMAND; HUMAN LOCOMOTIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; STOCHASTIC DISTRIBUTION; WALKING SPEED;

FRICTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AVAILABLE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; FEMALE; FOOT; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REQUIRED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIP PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84877119169     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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