Multiscale Computational Modeling of Shoe-Floor Friction

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• Personal Author:
  Beschorner KE ; Moghaddam SRM ; Beschorner KE ; Moghaddam SRM
• Description:
  Slip and fall accidents present a major health and occupational hazard. Increased shoe-floor coefficient of friction (COF) has been demonstrated to be indicative of reduced slipping risk. Previous research by our group has shown that a microscopic finite element model can predict COF of shoe-floor samples by considering roughness and material properties. However, that study did not consider macroscopic interactions and few other studies have attempted to model whole-shoe friction against walkway surfaces. Current study builds on previous research by expanding the model to consider macroscopic (i.e., whole-shoe) interactions with the floor surface. As a first step towards a comprehensive shoe-floor-contaminant COF model, this study focuses on hysteresis friction, since it is the dominant friction mechanism on lubricated shoe-floor surfaces. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Biomechanical Phenomena Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Floors Footwear Injury Prevention Models Risk Management Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Walking Surfaces
• Publisher:
  American Society of Biomechanics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052336
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 5-8, 2015, Columbus, Ohio. Newark, DE: American Society of Biomechanics, 2015 Aug; :621-622
• Email:
  sem162@pitt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100801
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 5-8, 2015, Columbus, Ohio
• End Date:
  20140731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:275e011360ca6b3bba8d51c831eb629760617a28a9669802e6cd8bd757dcab09b23decda5d160eb7e1c542d01b70463c360edfa707aaa5857e26db6c645928a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211880/cdc_211880_DS1.pdf
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