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Quantifying the Frictional Forces between Skin and Nonwoven Fabrics

When a compliant sheet of material is dragged over a curved surface of a body, the frictional forces generated can be many times greater than they would be for a planar interface. This phenomenon is known to contribute to the abrasion damage to skin often suffered by wearers of incontinence pads and...

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Autores principales: Jayawardana, Kavinda, Ovenden, Nicholas C., Cottenden, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321192
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00107