Tomlinson, S.E., Carre, M.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-990X, Lewis, R. et al. (1 more author) (2011) Human finger contact with small, triangular ridged surfaces. Wear, 271 (9-10). pp. 2346-2353. ISSN 0043-1648
Abstract
Ridges are often added to surfaces to improve grip of objects such as sports equipment, kitchen utensils, assistive technology, etc. Although considerable work has been carried out to study finger friction generally, not much attention has been paid to understanding and modelling the effects of surface texture. Previous studies indicate that at low roughness values friction decreases as roughness increases, but then a sharp increase is seen after a threshold level of roughness is reached. This is thought to be due to interlocking. In this study an analytical model was developed to analyse the different mechanisms of friction of a fingerpad sliding against triangular-ridged surfaces that incorporated adhesion, interlocking and hysteresis. Modelling was compared with experimental results from tests on five different triangular-ridged surfaces, manufactured from aluminium, brass and steel. Model and experiment compared well. The study showed that at low ridge height and width the friction was dominated by adhesion. However, above a ridge height of 42.5 μm, interlocking friction starts to contribute greatly to the overall friction. Then at a height of 250 μm, a noticeable contribution from hysteresis, of up to 20% of the total friction, is observed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2011 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Wear. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Kinetic friction; Ploughing friction; Adhesion |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2016 20:14 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 16:10 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2010.12.055 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.wear.2010.12.055 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98051 |