Output details
15 - General Engineering
University College London
Article title
Development and validation of a new method for measuring friction between skin and nonwoven materials
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
Article number
-
Volume number
222
Issue number
5
First page of article
791
ISSN of journal
0954-4119
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
Our aim is to develop incontinence pad materials which are less damaging to the skin but, before the work described in this paper, the necessary robust, validated method for measuring the coefficient of friction between them did not exist. The method proved capable of discriminating between different fabrics and also between the (wet or dry) skin of different subjects, and accurate enough to study the impact of skin and fabric characteristics on friction between them. The method is at the core of our ongoing collaborative work with the world's leading pad manufacturing company that commissioned the work.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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