Contact mechanics of the human finger pad under compressive loads
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 41883485
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1098/rsif.2016.0935
- Title of journal
- Journal of The Royal Society Interface
- Article number
- 20160935
- First page
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- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 127
- ISSN
- 1742-5689
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Resulting from an EU-FP7-funded grant (ETN: Virtual Prototyping of Tactile Displays, €4.9M) coordinated by Adams, this work developed the first contact mechanics model to account for the deformation of both the finger pad and fingerprint ridges. It is significant for understanding the complex frictional behaviour of human skin and its role in haptic feedback and has contributed to the development of improved products at Actronika (Contact: V. Hayward, vincent.hayward@actronika.com). It was critical in providing the underpinning science in a future paper (https://doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2017.2686849) that won a prize as the best paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Haptics journal in 2017.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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