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Modeling the production of belly button lint

We show that respiratory cycle provides a periodic traction force for the production of belly button lint or navel fluff. The relative motion induced between clothing and skin, during breathing, transports the clothing fibers over the abdominal skin via an asymmetric sliding mechanism effected by th...

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Autor principal: Deepu, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30262929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32765-9