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Relation of the structural-mechanical and antifriction properties of the synovial medium of the joints

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  1. Institute of Mechanics of Metal-Containing Polymer Systems, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian USSR, Gomel

    B. I. Kupchinov, S. F. Ermakov, V. G. Rodnenkov & E. D. Beloenko

  2. Belorussian Scientific-Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Minsk

    B. I. Kupchinov, S. F. Ermakov, V. G. Rodnenkov & E. D. Beloenko

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 2, pp. 240–246, March–April, 1988.

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Kupchinov, B.I., Ermakov, S.F., Rodnenkov, V.G. et al. Relation of the structural-mechanical and antifriction properties of the synovial medium of the joints. Mech Compos Mater 24, 188–194 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00608151

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