英文摘要 |
The coefficient of friction (COF) between shoes and floor affects ones's walking behavior. The footwear and floor materials used in clean rooms in the semiconductor industry are different from other workplaces. In the survey of 85 semiconductor operators, 34% of the subjects felt uncomfortable or very uncomfortable when wearing clean room footwear. Thirty seven percent of the subjects felt that their clean room shoes sometimes or usually slip on the floor. Fifty one percent of the subjects reported that their foot slip on the sole of the clean room footwear when walking. In this research, COF between five clean room footwear and five floor materials were measured by Brungraber Mark II slipmeter. The coefficient of friction (COF) of both of the clean room boots and the shoes measured under various floors were at 0.5 level. The COF of two shoe cases (boot-type and disposable) were about 0.3 level. The COF of aluminum alloy floor and epoxy floor used in clean rooms were between 0.4 and 0.5. The results of gait experiment showed that EMG (%MVC) of the four muscles was significantly affected by walking cadence. The EMG (%MVC) values of anterior tibial muscles, peroneus long muscles, and gastrocnemius muscles were also affected significantly by the type of clean room footwear used. The rank between the footwear was, however, inconsistent among the muscles. |