Finite element simulations of static and sliding contact between a human fingertip and textured surfaces |
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Authors: | Fei Shao Tom HC Childs |
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Affiliation: | a VEC, School of Engineering VEC, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK b School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a mechanics study of the variations with position and time of stresses within the dermis and epidermis of a human fingertip when it is loaded and slid over textured surfaces. Its purpose is to examine how fingerprints interact with surface texture to cause stress variations in tune with the sensitivities of Meissner and Pacinian corpuscles through which humans in part interpret tactile sensations. A two-dimensional multilayer elastic finite element model of a fingertip has been created for this purpose. Results show that fingertip’s epidermal ridges have little effect on stress distribution within the fingertip in static loading but significantly increase stress oscillations during sliding over a textured surface. Oscillation frequencies from the sliding simulations are in ranges that should stimulate a fingertip’s Meissner and Pacinian corpuscle nerve endings. |
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Keywords: | Elastic contact mechanics Human fingertip model Finite element method |
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