ASTM STP 1103 Slips, Stumbles, and Falls: Pedestrian Footwear and Surfaces
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Gray, BE
The symposium on Slips, Stumbles, and Falls: Pedestrian Footwear and Surfaces was held in October, 1989. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee F13 on Safety and Traction for Footwear. This publication contains papers resulting from the presentations during the symposium.
The topics used to organize the papers in this publication are
- Characteristics of the Problem
- Technique of Evaluation and Assessment
- Demonstration of Measurement Technique
Specific topics covered by the papers in this STP include:
- data acquisition
- multicomponent piezoelectric force plate
- gait dynamics
- step height
- slip resistance
- sliding friction forces
- tribometry on walking surfaces
- accident investigations
- frictional force
- ground reaction
- quartz force plate
- SATRA slit test
- flooring materials
- spontaneous falls
- biomedical characteristics
- environmental characteristics