Directed ion transport as virtual cause of some facilitated friction-lubrication mechanism prevailing in articular cartilage: A hypothesis

Tribology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Gadomski, A ^a   Pawlak, Z ^a,b   Oloyede, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Human joint hydrodynamics; Joint lubrication (general); Rheology; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FRICTION-LUBRICATION MECHANISM; HUMAN JOINT HYDRODYNAMICS;

DYNAMIC MODELS; FRICTION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PH EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

LUBRICATION;

DYNAMIC MODELS; FRICTION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LUBRICATION; PH EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 42449141422     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9311-8     Document Type: Article

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