Influence of variations in the pressure distribution on the friction of the finger pad

Tribology International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-20

  Derler, S ^a   Suess J ^a   Rao, A ^b   Rotaru, G M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finger pad; Pressure distribution; Tactile friction; Tribology of skin

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; TRIBOLOGY;

ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; ADHESION FRICTION; CONTACT PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; FINGER PAD; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGHER LOADS; INDEX FINGER; NORMAL LOADS;

PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84884813871     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2012.03.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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