Engineering metrology for pedestrian falls prevention and protection : theories to applications for designing safer shoes and floors

Engineering metrology for pedestrian falls prevention and protection : theories to applications for designing safer shoes and floors / In-Ju Kim.

This book explains how to improve the validity, reliability, and repeatability of slip resistance assessments amongst a range of shoes, floors, and environments from an engineering metrology viewpoint--covering theoretical and experimental aspects of slip resistance mechanics and mechanisms. Pedestr...

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Main Author: Kim, In-Ju (Writer on falls (Accidents)) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Subjects:
Shoes > Design.
Friction materials.
Falls (Accidents) > Prevention.
Falls (Accidents) > Prevention
Friction materials
Shoes > Design
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A New Research Challenge on Slip Resistance Measurements
  • Basic Principles of Tribology
  • Frictional Behaviours and Mechanisms
  • Wear Behaviours and Mechanisms
  • Development of Friction and Wear Models for the Shoe-Floor-Environment
  • Observation of the Floor Surface Changes in the Pedestrian Slip Resistance Measurements
  • Engineering Assessment of Floors/Walkways: Practice for the Prevention of Pedestrian Fall Incidence
  • Development of a Tribology Model for Quantifying Slip Resistance Characteristics: basic Concepts, Theories, Experiments, and Validations
  • Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 1
  • Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 2
  • Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 3
  • Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 1 Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 2
  • Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 3
  • Future Works, Recommendations, and Conclusions.

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