
Volume 1, Issue 2 (2013)
Research Articles
Bio-friction
Zhongmin JIN and Duncan DOWSON
Use of opposite frictional forces by animals to increase their attachment reliability during movement
Zhouyi WANG, Yi SONG, and Zhendong DAI
Influence of synovia constituents on tribological behaviors of articular cartilage
Teruo MURAKAMI, Seido YARIMITSU, Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA, Yoshinori SAWAE, and Nobuo SAKAI
Recent advances in gecko adhesion and friction mechanisms and development of gecko-inspired dry adhesive surfaces
Ming ZHOU, Noshir PESIKA, Hongbo ZENG, Yu TIAN, and Jacob ISRAELACHVILI
Potential hydrodynamic origin of frictional transients in sliding mesothelial tissues
Stephen H. LORING and James P. BUTLER
Damage due to rolling in total knee replacement—The influence of tractive force
Markus A. WIMMER, Lars BIRKEN, Kay SELLENSCHLOH, and Erich SCHNEIDER
Skin tribology: Science friction?
E. VAN DER HEIDE, X. ZENG, and M.A. MASEN