Engineering Metrology for Pedestrian Falls Prevention and Protection: Theories to Applications for Designing Safer Shoes and Floors

Introduction.- A New Research Challenge on Slip Resistance Measurements.- Basic Principles of Tribology.- Frictional Behaviours and Mechanisms.- Wear Behaviours and Mechanisms.- Development of Friction and Wear Models for the Shoe-Floor-Environment.- Observation of the Floor Surface Changes in the Pedestrian Slip Resistance Measurements.- Engineering Assessment of Floors/Walkways: Practice for the Prevention of Pedestrian Fall Incidence.- Development of a Tribology Model for Quantifying Slip Resistance Characteristics: basic Concepts, Theories, Experiments, and Validations.- Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 1.- Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 2.- Tribological Assessments of Shoe Surfaces: Identification of Wear Mechanisms and Applications for Slip Resistance Assessments - Case Study No. 3.- Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 1 Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 2.- Observation on Wear Developments of Floor/Walkway Surfaces: Applications to Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments - Case Study No. 3.- Future Works, Recommendations, and Conclusions.