Special Issue on ITC Fukuoka 2023 (Part 2)

Abstract

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. Twenty papers were already published in Part 1, and 19 papers were accepted for publication in this Part 2. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we 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.

Taking this opportunity, we would like to include in the next page the manuscript of the congratulatory speech delivered by Professor Masato Tanaka in Banquet on Thursday, 28 September, 2023