Feasibility of using optical coherence tomography to study the influence of skin structure on finger friction

X. Liu; Z. Lu; R. Lewis; M. J. Carré; S. J. Matcher

doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2012.08.020

Feasibility of using optical coherence tomography to study the influence of skin structure on finger friction

X. Liu, Z. Lu, R. Lewis, M. J. Carré, S. J. Matcher

University of Sheffield

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This paper presents work using an in vivo technique, optical coherence tomography (OCT), to investigate the structure of human finger pad skin and the influences of some related parameters on skin friction, such as contact area, deformation and hydration. The experimental results show that there was no significant relationship between the thickness of the stratum corneum (SC) and the friction coefficient as well as the number of sweat ducts (SD). The real contact length was found to increase with increasing the applied normal force following the power law of A_∝W^a. The study of hydration found an increasing linear relationship between the SC moisture and the friction coefficient (up to 72 au).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-44
Number of pages	11
Journal	Tribology International
Volume	63
Early online date	3 Sept 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2012.08.020
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2013
Externally published	Yes

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