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Friction

Physical Factors Influencing Pleasant Touch during Passive Fingertip Stimulation

Anne Klöcker, Calogero Maria Oddo, [ ... ], Jean-Louis Thonnard

g-Jitter Mixed Convective Slip Flow of Nanofluid past a Permeable Stretching Sheet Embedded in a Darcian Porous Media with Variable Viscosity

Mohammed J. Uddin, Waqar A. Khan, Norsarahaida S. Amin

Capillary Rise on Legs of a Small Animal and on Artificially Textured Surfaces Mimicking Them

Marie Tani, Daisuke Ishii, [ ... ], Ko Okumura

Unsteady Magnetohydrodynamic Free Convection Flow of a Second Grade Fluid in a Porous Medium with Ramped Wall Temperature

Samiulhaq, Sohail Ahmad, [ ... ], Sharidan Shafie

A Novel Growing Device Inspired by Plant Root Soil Penetration Behaviors

Ali Sadeghi, Alice Tonazzini, Liyana Popova, Barbara Mazzolai

MHD Boundary Layer Slip Flow and Heat Transfer of Ferrofluid along a Stretching Cylinder with Prescribed Heat Flux

Muhammad Qasim, Zafar Hayat Khan, Waqar Ahmad Khan, Inayat Ali Shah

Functionally Different Pads on the Same Foot Allow Control of Attachment: Stick Insects Have Load-Sensitive “Heel” Pads for Friction and Shear-Sensitive “Toe” Pads for Adhesion

David Labonte, Walter Federle

Global Nanotribology Research Output (1996–2010): A Scientometric Analysis

Bakthavachalam Elango, Periyaswamy Rajendran, Lutz Bornmann

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in Gliding Postures at Their Cruise Speeds

Woong Sagong, Woo-Pyung Jeon, Haecheon Choi

Physical Factors Influencing Pleasant Touch during Tactile Exploration

Anne Klöcker, Michael Wiertlewski, [ ... ], Jean-Louis Thonnard

Friction in Total Hip Joint Prosthesis Measured In Vivo during Walking

Philipp Damm, Joern Dymke, [ ... ], Georg Bergmann

Sticking under Wet Conditions: The Remarkable Attachment Abilities of the Torrent Frog, Staurois guttatus

Thomas Endlein, W. Jon P. Barnes, [ ... ], Ulmar Grafe

Grasping the Changes Seen in Older Adults When Reaching for Objects of Varied Texture

Raymond J. Holt, Alexis S. Lefevre, [ ... ], Mark Mon-Williams

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