Soft Textured Lacing With Increased Friction

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In Section 3, we discuss two representative textures, namely dimples and hexagonal pillars, which can increase and decrease the friction on wet soft surfaces; subsequently, we also discuss physical mechanisms and optimization designs. Finally, in Section 4, we present the potential applications and future perspectives of soft textured surfaces.

As we can see from the illustration, Soft Textured Lacing With Increased Friction has many fascinating aspects to explore.

Finite element models support experimental results and suggest underlying mechanisms. For soft , directional textures sheared against soft untextured substrates, unlubricated friction is primarily governed by adhesion and contact area while lubricated friction is primarily governed by a plowing effect of texture into the substrate.

Apart from the ability of surface texturing to reduce friction , surface textures can also be used to intentionally increase friction in various applications that rely on friction for their adequate functioning. Therefore, this review aims at presenting the state-of-the-art regarding textured surfaces for high- friction purposes.

Friction and wear performance of an un- textured surface and two types of widely used micro-scale texture surfaces, grooves and circular dimples, were examined and compared. The results demonstrated that the effect of surface textures on friction and wear performance is influenced by texture parameters and the materials of friction pairs.