title: The development of the friction coefficient inspection equipment for skin using a load cell.
abstract: The skin is an indispensible organ for human because it contributes to the metabolism using its own biochemical functions as well as it protects the human body from the exterior stimuli. Recently, the friction coefficient have been used as the decision index of the progress for the bacterial aliments in the field of the skin physiology and the importance of friction coefficient have been increased in the skin care market because of the needs of the well being times. In addition, the usage of friction coefficient is known to have the big discrimination ability in classification of human constitutions, which is utilized in the alternative medicine. In this study, we designed a system which used the multi axes load cell and hemi-circular probe and tried to measure the friction coefficient of hand skins repeatedly. Using this system, the relative repeatability error for the measurement of the friction coefficient was below 4 %. The coefficient is not concerned in curvatures of tips. Using this system, we will try to establish the standard for classification of constitutions.
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 1 Doryong dong, Yusong gu, Taejeon, South Korea. hanugi16@kriss.re.kr
authors.forename: Han Wook
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yon Kyu
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sam Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Sun Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dal Rae
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D017276:Friction; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena