A novel approach to measuring the frictional behaviour of human skin in vivo |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory for Surface Technology and Tribology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands;2. Materials Performance Centre, TNO, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;1. Machine Design, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Brinellvägen 83, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden;2. SP Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Box 5607, SE-144 86 Stockholm, Sweden;1. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 181/A, 43100 Parma, Italy;2. Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Vignolese 905/B, 41125 Modena, Italy;1. Department of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom;1. Université de Haute Alsace, Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique Textiles, École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs Sud-Alsace, F-68093, Mulhouse Cedex, France;2. Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, LNC, FR 3C 3512, Marseille, France;3. Univ. Lille, Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, Centrale Lille, HEI, EA 2697 - L2EP - Laboratoire d’Electrotechnique et d’Electronique de Puissance, F-59000, Lille, France |
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| Abstract: | Friction involving human skin plays a key role in human life. The availability of a portable tribometer improves the accessibility to large number of both subjects and anatomical sites. This is the first mobile device suitable to measure skin friction with a controlled and variable normal load (range 0.5–2 N) and velocity (range 1–10 mm/s) of a material of choice making a sliding rotational movement over the skin.The results of a pilot study, using stainless steel samples on the ventral forearm compare to results in the literature. The new device can be used for more extensive research to found these results and determine the effects of normal load or sliding velocity on the skin's frictional behaviour. |
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