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The gross finger pad (open points) and fingerprint ridge (filled points) contact areas as a function of the compressive force for orientations of the finger pad of (a) 30° and (b) 45°. The full and dashed lines are the best power-law fits to equation (3.1) for the gross and ridge areas respectively. (Online version in colour.)
