Output details
15 - General Engineering
University College London
Article title
A study of friction mechanisms between a surrogate skin (Lorica soft) and nonwoven fabrics
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Article number
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Volume number
n/a
Issue number
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First page of article
n/a
ISSN of journal
1751-6161
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
To understand the origin of friction between skin and nonwoven fabrics (such as those used in incontinence pads), we devised and used methods to relate measured normal and friction forces to the nature and area of the contact (fibre footprint) between skin and fabrics. This will pave the way for new fabrics kinder to the skin. The insights and methods this work yielded are now being used to investigate fabrics in clinical studies on wet and dry skin in our research laboratories and those of the world's leading pad manufacturing company (SCA Hygiene AB) who funded the work.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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