Tunable wet friction
3D-printed regular macro-textures enable quantifiable friction tuning, maintaining high skid resistance even under wet conditions, overcoming the complexity of conventional pavements.
Guo, Fucheng · Pei, Jianzhong · Huang, Guojing · Zhe, Hu · Niu, Zhenxing · Cannone Falchetto, Augusto
Journal of Cleaner Production 2023
Friction sharply decreases under wet conditions, especially for semi-circular textures
Positive textures outperform negative textures
Friction slightly linearly increases with water film thickness and slightly decreases with temperature