Generalizability of Footwear Traction Performance across Flooring and Contaminant Conditions.
Generalizability of Footwear Traction Performance across Flooring and Contaminant Conditions.
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鞋类牵引性能在地板和污染条件下的普遍性。
DOI：
10.1080/24725838.2018.1517702
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Beschorner,KurtE
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作者：
Chanda,Arnab;Jones,TaylorG;Beschorner,KurtE
为了防止在工作场所发生滑倒事件，我们对鞋子进行了机械滑倒测试。这种实验可能涉及跨楼层和污染条件的重复测试，造成时间和精力的浪费。目的量化不同污染地板条件下鞋子牵引力之间的相关性，以减少多余的打滑测试工作。方法对5种地板、3种污染条件下17双鞋的有效摩擦系数（ACOF）进行量化。当一种地板污染条件下的鞋子ACOF值与另一种地板污染条件高度相关时，确定了冗余测试条件。结果不同污染物的采石场地板和相同污染物的乙烯基（复合瓦）地板之间存在高度相关性。然而，乙烯基地板与采石场地板的相关性较低。在乙烯基瓷砖内的污染物之间也观察到低相关性。结论：本研究能够确定鞋在乙烯基地板和采石场地板上的牵引性能的普遍性。这一信息有望减少在乙烯基地板和采石场地板上进行鞋子的冗余牵引力测试。
BackgroundTo prevent slip and fall events at the workplace, mechanical slip testing is conducted on shoes. Such experiments may involve redundant testing across floorings and contaminant conditions, causing wasted time and effort.PurposeQuantify the correlations between shoe traction across different contaminant-flooring conditions to reduce redundant slip testing efforts.MethodsThe available coefficient-of-friction (ACOF) was quantified for 17 shoes across five floorings and three contaminant conditions. Redundant testing conditions were identified when the shoe ACOF values for one floor-contaminant condition were highly correlated with a second floor-contaminant condition.ResultsHigh correlations were observed among quarry floorings across different contaminants and among vinyl (composite tile) floorings with the same contaminant. However, vinyl floorings exhibited low correlations with quarry floorings. Low correlations were also observed across contaminants within vinyl tiles.ConclusionsThis study was able to determine the generalizability of traction performance of shoes across vinyl and quarry floorings. This information is anticipated to reduce redundant traction testing of shoes across vinyl and quarry floorings.