Editorial
Special Issue on ITC Fukuoka 2023
2023 Volume 18 Issue 6 Pages iv
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2023 Volume 18 Issue 6 Pages iv
The 9th International Tribology Conference, Fukuoka 2023 was held on 25–30 September 2023 at Fukuoka International Congress Center in Fukuoka City, Japan. The number of participants was 975 from 30 countries and regions, and the number of papers presented was 676. We thank all the people who joined and contributed to ITC.
Papers submitted to this special issue went through peer-review process, and 20 papers were accepted for publication in this Part 1. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to thank all the authors for their contributions, and also thank the editors, reviewers and the editorial office of Tribology Online for their efforts.
The Organizing Committee of ITC Fukuoka 2023 selected excellent papers from those papers submitted before 25th of June, and the following three papers were awarded the ITC Fukuoka 2023 Excellent Paper Award. Award certificates and prizes were presented to the authors at the award ceremony in the Banquet held at Hotel Nikko Fukuoka on 28th September, 2023. Congratulations!
♢ “Contact Mechanics of an Unstable Viscoelastic Medium with Retardation as a Model for Mechanical Activation and Synchronization of Cardiac Spheroids,” by Valentin L. Popov and K. Nakano
♢ “Influence of White Etching Bands Formation on Integrity of Rolling Element Bearings,” by Mostafa El Laithy, Ling Wang, Terry J. Harvey and Bernd Vierneusel
♢ “Variation of Cavitation Pressure with Liquid and Operating Conditions in Mechanical Seals,” by So Makishima, Masatoshi Itadani, Yuichiro Tokunaga and Joichi Sugimura
More ITC 2023 papers will be published in Part 2 of the Special Issue before mid 2024.
