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Vol. 6 (2011)

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No. 1

WTC 2009 Special issue:
Papers from the World Tribology Congress 2009

Review
Industrial Tribology in the Past and Future
Koji Kato

 1-9
Article
Prediction of Dynamic Coefficients of Bump-Type Foil Bearings with Bumps Considered as Link-Spring Structures
Kai Feng and Shigehiko Kaneko

 10-18
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Wetting on Wavelike Nanorough Surfaces
Claudiu Valentin Suciu, Hozumi Goto and Naoko Gouya

 19-25
Tribological Properties of Thermo-Reversible Gel-Lubricants Containing Solid Lubricants
Kazumi Sakai, Yuji Shitara, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Kouichi Yoshida and Takashi Kaimai

 26-31
Short Communication
Control of Femoral Rollback of PS Knee Prosthesis through Slip Ratio
Michihiko Fukunaga, Jin Kawanoya and Shunji Hirokawa

 32-35
Effects of Cavitation Ring Formed on Laser-Textured Surface of Mechanical Seal
Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Ken Okada, Takao Shimomura and Yuji Yamamoto

 36-39
Article
Electric-Field-Assisted Dip-Coating for Ultra-Thin PFPE Lubricant Film on Magnetic Disks
- Molecular Conformation Change by Electric Field -
Hiroshi Tani, Masami Kubota, Masayuki Kanda, Motohiro Terao and Norio Tagawa

 40-44
New Life Prediction Method of the Grease by the Activation Energy
Azusa Ide, Yusuke Asai, Akio Takayama and Motoharu Akiyama

 45-49
Short Communication
Tribofilms Produced by Supply of Fine Metal Particles in Vacuum
Hirotaka Kato, Akihiro Takimi and Minoru Umemoto

 50-54
Article
Mechanochemical Friction of Third-Body as an Exergetic Collision
Rodrigo Bulnes

 55-63
Simulation of Fretting Fatigue in Conformal and Concentrated Contacts
Dag Fritzson, Jonas Ståhl and Guillermo Morales-Espejel

 64-70
Evaluations of Ceramic Bearings Used in Electric Water Pumps
Akihiro Hirao, Yukio Shibuya, Masayuki Sekine and Akio Takayama

 71-75
Experimental Investigation of Coconut and Palm Oils as Lubricants in Four-Stroke Engine
Jagadeesh K. Mannekote and Satish V. Kailas

 76-82
Viscoelastic Properties of Monolayer Lubricant Films during Touch-Down and Take-Off Behavior Measured by Fiber Wobbling Method
Yuya Hamamoto, Shintaro Itoh, Kenji Fukuzawa and Hedong Zhang

 83-95
Advanced Head Disk Interface System Assisted by Gas PFPE Lubrication
Hiroyuki Matsumoto and Hiroshi Tani

 96-100
Oil Free Machinery and gZero Wearh- Dream or Reality?
Mathias Woydt

 101-112
Short Communication
Investigation of Liquid Additives on the Nano-Hardness of NiFe during Polishing
Marc C. Wurz, Florian Pape, Michael Wark and Hans H. Gatzen

 113-116

No. 2

WTC 2009 Special issue:
Papers from Minisymposium on Hydrogen Tribology for Future Energy

Editorial
Hydrogen Tribology for Future Energy
Joichi Sugimura and Shinya Sasaki

 i-i
Article
Tribological Behaviour of Solid Lubricants in Hydrogen Environment
Thomas Gradt and Géraldine Theiler

 117-122
The Effects of Hydrogen on Microstructural Change and Surface Originated Flaking in Rolling Contact Fatigue
Hideyuki Uyama, Hiroki Yamada, Hideyuki Hidaka and Nobuaki Mitamura

 123-132
Review
Cryogenic Tribology of High-Speed Bearings and Shaft Seals in Liquid Hydrogen
Masataka Nosaka

 133-141
Article
Friction and Wear of Ferrous Materials in a Hydrogen Gas Environment
Kanao Fukuda, Masaaki Hashimoto and Joichi Sugimura

 142-147
Fretting Wear of a Bearing Steel in Hydrogen Gas Environment Containing a Trace of Water
Naoshi Izumi, Takehiro Morita and Joichi Sugimura

 148-154

No. 3

WTC 2009 Special issue:
Papers from Minisymposium on History of Tribology

Editorial
History of Tribology
Koji Kato

 ii-ii
Article
History of Rolling Bearings
Bo Jacobson

 155-159
Review
Observations on Japanese Tribological History and Representative Heritages from Ancient to Modern Times
Uzuhiko Tsuboi

 160-167
Development of Early Concepts of Lubrication in Natural Synovial Joints
Zhongmin Jin and Duncan Dowson

 168-173
Article
History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
Yorikazu Shimotsuma, Masanori Ogata, Takeshi Nakatsuji and Yasumi Ozawa

 174-179

No. 4

Short Communication
Friction and Wear Properties of Copper/Carbon/Rice Bran Ceramics Composite under Water-Lubricated Condition
Kei Shibata, Takeshi Yamaguchi and Kazuo Hokkirigawa

 180-184
The Force Between Two Sliding Bodies When Observed from a Third Moving Body
Don W. Perumean

 185-188
Bonding of a Carbon Nanotube Film to a Au Film at Low Temperature and Contact Resistance of the Film under Micronewton Loads
Hiroshi Kinoshita, Yoshitada Isono and Nobuo Ohmae

 189-192
Article
Frictional Behavior of Ball Rolling with Plastic Deformation
Masaru Futamura, Akihiro Ishitani, Takehiko Makino and Kuniaki Dohda

 193-198
Proposal of a Ball Burnishing Method with Forced Rotation
Masaru Futamura, Akihiro Ishitani, Takehiko Makino and Kuniaki Dohda

 199-206
Analysis on Abrasive Wear Rate of VGCF/Polyamide 6 Composite Fibers
Toshihira Irisawa, Tatsuro Takamura, Satoshi Momozono, Junichi Kaneko and Masatoshi Shioya

 207-218
Effects of Soap Fiber Structure on Boundary Lubrication of Lithium Soap Greases
Atsushi Yokouchi, Michita Hokao and Joichi Sugimura

 219-225

No. 5

Short Communication
Development of MEMS-in-TEM Setup to Observe Shear Deformation for the Study of Nano-Scale Friction
Takaaki Sato, Tadashi Ishida, Laurent Jalabert and Hiroyuki Fujita

 226-229
Article
Some Studies on the Use of Vegetable Oils as Environmentally-Friendly Lubricants
Ikram-ul Haq, Muhammad Farooq and Nawshad Muhammd

 230-234
Short Communication
Evaluation of Performance of Crankcase Oil in a Biodiesel Engine - A Case Study
Gopalasamy Sriram and Abhishek Kumar

 235-238
Article
Thermal Analysis of Elliptic Bore Journal Bearing Considering the Effect of Shaft-Misalignment
Prakash Chandra Mishra

 239-246
Short Communication
Lubricating Characteristic of Grease Composites with CNT Additive
Yicheng Yang, Tsuneaki Yamabe, Byoung-Suhk Kim, Ick-Soo Kim and Yuji Enomoto

 247-250

No. 6

Special Issue - Papers from JAST Tribology Conference, Fukui, September 2010

Editorial
Special Issue - Papers from International Session, JAST Tribology Conference, Fukui, September 2010
Tomoaki Iwai

 iii-iii
Article
Development of Ellipsometric Microscope for High-Resolution Observation of Nanometer-Thick Lubricant Films
Liu Qingqing, Kenji Fukuzawa, Yosuke Kajihara, Hedong Zhang and Shintaro Itoh

 251-256
The Effect of Maximum Normal Impact Load, Absorbed Energy, and Contact Impulse, on the Impact Crater Volume/Depth of DLC Coating
Mohd Fadzli Bin Abdollah, Yuto Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Akao, Naruhiko Inayoshi, Takayuki Tokoroyama and Noritsugu Umehara

 257-264
Effect of Oxygen Concentration in Inert Gas Environments on Friction and Wear of Carbon Nitride Coatings
Pengfei Wang and Koshi Adachi

 265-272
Relation between Corrosion Energy and Rolling Fatigue Life with a Four Ball Test
Takeo Tokiai, Takuma Kimura, Naoki Nagase and Junichi Deshimaru

 273-276

No. 7

Editorial
Announcement - The Paper Award of Tribology Online -
Masabumi Masuko

 iv-iv
Article
Breakdown Processes of Boundary Films Formed by Oiliness Additives
Ken Nakano and Kazuyoshi Manabe

 277-283
Preliminary Study of the Effect of Micro-Scale Dimple Size on Friction and Wear under Oil-Lubricated Sliding Contact
Auezhan Amanov, Young Sik Pyun, Bin Zhang, Jeong Hyeon Park and Jiri Nohava

 284-290
Observation of Hydrogen Permeation into Fresh Bearing Steel Surface by Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy
Hiraku Tanimoto, Hiroyoshi Tanaka and Joichi Sugimura

 291-296
Short Communication
Wear Behavior of Al2O3-Reinforced Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite in Water and in Ethanol
Yuko Hibi, Miki Nakano and Hisato Ogiso

 297-300
Article
Friction Modelling in Boundary Lubrication Considering the Effect of MoDTC and ZDDP in Engine Oils
Rupesh Roshan, Martin Priest, Anne Neville, Ardian Morina, Xin Xia, Chris P. Warrens and Marc J. Payne

 301-310