Preface

Abstract

Welcome to Tribology Online!The Japanese Society of Tribologists starts this electronic online journal in celebration of the jubilee of the society.In developing science and technology of tribology to meet the modern demands, rapid and worldwide communication of new ideas has become crucially important. However, there are a number of valuable works in progress which are reported domestically but are seldom shared worldwide. To publish these high quality works should be important for both the researchers and a large number of people in relevant fields. Short letter papers will be an effective medium.Tribology Online is completely electronic, and is open to the world for free access through Internet. Initially, Tribology Online publishes original Short Communication Papers, which are intended to be preliminary reports of new concepts, findings, technological developments, reviews and opinions whose rapid publication will be important.We look forward to receiving your contributions.