Skin Microstructure is a Key Contributor to Its Friction Behaviour.

ABSTRACT: Due to its multifactorial nature, skin friction remains a multiphysics and multiscale phenomenon poorly understood despite its relevance for many biomedical and engineering applications (from superficial pressure ulcers, through shaving and cosmetics, to automotive safety and sports equipment). For example, it is unclear whether, and in which measure, the skin microscopic surface topography, internal microstructure and associated nonlinear mechanics can condition and modulate skin friction. This study addressed this question through the development of a parametric finite element contact homogenisation procedure which was used to study and quantify the effect of the skin microstructure on the macroscopic skin frictional response. An anatomically realistic two-dimensional image-based multila

SUBMITTER: Leyva-Mendivil MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961497 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature