by
Sergey Ermakov, Alexandr Beletskii, Oleg Eismont
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints. It is shown that cholesteric liquid crystals in the synovial liquid play a significant role in the mechanism of intra-articular friction...