Influence of contact conditions on thermal responses of the hand

A series of experiments was conducted to evaluate how contact pressure and surface roughness influence the heat flux conducted out of the skin or object during contact. Changes in skin temperature assist in identifying objects held in the hand. In the first experiment an infrared thermal imaging sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jones, Lynette A., Galie, Jessica, Ho, Hsin-Ni
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59318
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-8654