Wet adhesion with application to tree frog adhesive toe pads and tires
By B. Persson. 2007
173 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials
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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
In Mechanics of Materials
Citations in the corpus
- Friction of the Human Finger Pad: Influence of Moisture, Occlusion and Velocity (2011, background): “One evolutionary purpose of the fingerprint ridge pattern could be to increase the grip performance (and the friction) by improving the water shedding rate under very wet (or sweaty) conditions; the valleys between the ridges acting in a similar manner to the grooves in a tyre tread [23, 71 ].”