NAKANO Ken

Affiliation

Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Division of Artificial Environment and Information

Job Title

Professor

Research Fields, Keywords

solid friction, dissipative process, relaxation process, instability, irregularity, macroscopic modeling, microscopic modeling, hierarchical structure

Web Site

https://n-lab.ynu.ac.jp/

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ORCID  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7437-7984

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Education 【 display / non-display

  • 1994.4
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    1997.3

    The University of Tokyo   Doctor Course   Completed

  • 1992.4
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    1994.3

    The University of Tokyo   Master Course   Completed

  • 1988.4
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    1992.3

    The University of Tokyo   Graduated

Degree 【 display / non-display

  • Doctor of Engineering - The University of Tokyo

  • Master of Engineering - The University of Tokyo

Campus Career 【 display / non-display

  • 2015.12
     
     

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityFaculty of Environment and Information Sciences   Division of Artificial Environment and Information   Professor  

  • 2007.4
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    2015.11

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityFaculty of Environment and Information Sciences   Division of Artificial Environment and Information   Associate Professor  

  • 2001.4
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    2007.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityResearch Institute of Environment and Information Sciences   Division of Artificial Environment and Information   Associate Professor  

  • 2000.4
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    2001.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversitySchool of Engineering   Associate Professor  

  • 2018.4
     
     

    Concurrently   Yokohama National UniversityGraduate School of Environment and Information Sciences   Department of Artificial Environment   Professor  

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External Career 【 display / non-display

  • 2023.7
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    2023.8

    TU Berlin   Visiting Researcher  

  • 2019.7
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    2019.8

    TU Berlin   Visiting Researcher  

  • 2017.8
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    2017.9

    TU Berlin   Visiting Researcher  

  • 2008.7
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    2008.9

    Imperial College London   Visiting Researcher  

  • 1997.4
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    2000.3

    Saitama University   Research Assistant  

Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display

  • 2018
     
     
     

    Society of Rheology Japan

  • 2010
     
     
     

    Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers

  • 1992
     
     
     

    Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers

  • 1992
     
     
     

    Japanese Society of Tribologists

Research Areas 【 display / non-display

  • Manufacturing Technology (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering) / Machine elements and tribology

  • Manufacturing Technology (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering) / Mechanics of materials and materials

  • Informatics / Mechanics and mechatronics

 

Books 【 display / non-display

  • Contact Mechanics and Friction (Japanese Edition)

    K. Nakano (Transl.)( Role: Sole translator)

    Maruzen Publishing  ( ISBN:978-4-621-30771-7

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    Language:Japanese Book type:Scholarly book

  • Latest trends of functional coatings

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    ( ISBN:9784781316239

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  • Bioadhesion

    S. N. Gorb, K. Nakano, eds.( Role: Edit)

    Frontiers Media SA  ( ISBN:978-2-88971-420-9

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  • Contact mechanics perspective of tribology

    I. Goryacheva, M. Paggi, V. L. Popov, eds.( Role: Contributor)

    Frontiers Media SA  ( ISBN:978-2-88966-761-1

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  • Vibration engineering for a sustainable future: numerical and analytical methods to study dynamical systems

    S. Oberst, B. Halkon, J. Ji, T. Brown, eds.( Role: Contributor)

    Springer  ( ISBN:978-3-030-46466-0

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Thesis for a degree 【 display / non-display

  • 液晶の潤滑特性に関する研究:摩擦係数のアクティブ制御を目指して

    中野 健

    1997.3

    Doctoral Thesis   Single Work  

Papers 【 display / non-display

  • Correlation between friction and wear of rubber: An experimental approach based on the disconnections of Stribeck curves

    S. Hatanaka, Y. Ogawa, H. Okubo, K. Hanzawa, R. Kajiki, K. Yamaguchi, K. Nakano

    Wear   562-563 ( 205623 )   1 - 8   2025.2  [Reviewed]

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  • Anti-icing properties of nonionic/hydrophilic concentrated polymer brushes and mechanistic insights via their swollen-state analysis

    K. Tamamoto, Y. Kinose, H. Okubo, K. Nakano, Y. Tsujii

    Communications Materials   6 ( 20 )   1 - 9   2025.2  [Reviewed]

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  • Numerical study on transient response of the bowed string

    M. Sueda, Y. Onoda, C. Tadokoro, H. Mori, K. Nakano, T. Nagamine

    Mechanical Engineering Journal   2025  [Reviewed]

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  • Controlling windscreen wiper vibration through yaw angle adjustments: A study of dynamic contact behavior using fluorescence observation

    C. Tadokoro, H. Kobayashi, M. Sueda, T. Nagamine, S. C. Vlădescu, T. Reddyhoff, K. Nakano

    Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering   10   2024.11  [Reviewed]

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  • Application of the electrical impedance method to steel/steel EHD point contacts

    T. Maruyama, D. Kosugi, S. Iwase, M. Maeda, K. Nakano, S. Momozono

    Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering   10   2024.11  [Reviewed]

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Review Papers 【 display / non-display

  • Recent trends in tribodynamics

    K. Nakano

    Journal of Japanese Society of Tribologists   70 ( 1 )   22 - 23   2025.1  [Reviewed]  [Invited]

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  • Intuitively understanding solid friction

    K. Nakano

    Journal of the Society of Rubber Science and Technology Japan   2025  [Reviewed]  [Invited]

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  • Fundamental aspects and tribological applications of concentrated polymer brushes

    Y. Tsujii, K. Nakano

    Journal of Society of Tribologists   69 ( 3 )   187 - 194   2024.3  [Reviewed]  [Invited]

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  • Introduction to Friction

    K. Nakano

    Journal of Japanese Society of Tribologists   68 ( 7 )   444 - 445   2023.7  [Reviewed]  [Invited]

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  • Editorial: Bioadhesion

    S. N. Gorb, K. Nakano

    Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering   7 ( 740496 )   2021.8  [Reviewed]  [Invited]

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Industrial Property Rights 【 display / non-display

  • 電気音響変換器

    平岡 英敏、辻井 敬亘、榊原 圭太、中野 健

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    Application no:特願2020-57876  Date applied:2020.3.27

    Announcement no:特開2021-158564  Date announced:2021.10.7

  • 転動装置の診断方法

    丸山 泰右、前田 成志、中野 健

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    Application no:特願2020-566401  Date applied:2020.1.10

    Announcement no:WO2020/149233  Date announced:2020.7.23

  • 圧縮機及び冷凍サイクル装置

    渡辺 哲永、平山 卓也、服部 仁志、中野 健、辻井 敬亘

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    Application no:特願2018-207758  Date applied:2018.11.2

    Announcement no:特開2020-70796  Date announced:2020.5.7

    Patent/Registration no:特許第7190693号  Date registered:2022.12.8  Date issued:2022.12.16

  • SRT材料、複合体およびその製造方法

    辻井 敬亘、榊原 圭太、清水 吉彦、渡辺 宏、佐藤 貴哉、中野 健、服部 仁志

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    Application no:特願2018-183128  Date applied:2018.9.28

    Announcement no:特開2019-65284  Date announced:2019.4.25

  • 密封装置

    本田 重信、遠藤 哲也、長嶺 拓夫、中野 健

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    Application no:特願2019-502825  Date applied:2018.7.19

    Announcement no:WO2019/039152  Date announced:2019.2.28

    Patent/Registration no:特許第6564155号  Date registered:2019.8.2  Date issued:2019.8.21

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Awards 【 display / non-display

  • ITC Fukuoka 2023 Excellent Paper Award

    2023.9   Japanese Society of Tribologists  

    Individual or group name of awards:Valentin L. Popov, Ken Nakano

  • 2023 Outstanding Associate Editor Award

    2023.9   Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering  

    Individual or group name of awards:Ken Nakano

  • JAST Best Paper Award

    2021.5   Japanese Society of Tribologists   Lubrication condition monitoring of practical ball bearings by electrical impedance method

    Individual or group name of awards:Taisuke Maruyama, Masashi Maeda, Ken Nakano

  • YNU Best Researcher Award

    2017.3   Yokohama National University  

    Individual or group name of awards:Ken Nakano

  • JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper

    2015.4   Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers   Measurement error of kinetic friction coefficient generated by frictional vibration

    Individual or group name of awards:Naohiro Kado, Chiharu Tadokoro, Ken Nakano

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display

  • Control of automaticity and cell differentiation via mechanical communication between cultivated cardiac tissues

    2022.4 - 2025.3

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    Investigator(s):K. Nakano

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  • Construction of friction laws that rationally describe stiction accompanied by slow creep

    2021.4 - 2024.3

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

    Investigator(s):K. Nakano

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Presentations 【 display / non-display

  • Instabilities of solid friction: Expectations to precise gel science

    K. Nakano  [Invited]

    ERATO Kick-off Symposium (Sakai Complex Gel Project)  2025.3  University of Tokyo

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    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:University of Tokyo   Country:Japan  

  • Does solid viscoelasticity stabilize sliding systems?

    K. Nakano  [Invited]

    AsiaBrake 2025 Conference and Exhibition  2025.2  AsiaBrake Organizing Committee

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    Event date: 2025.2

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (keynote)  

    Venue:Pattaya   Country:Thailand  

  • Figurative and abstract paintings of tribology

    K. Nakano  [Invited]

    14th Tribology Autumn School  2024.11  Japanese Society of Tribologists

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    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (keynote)  

    Venue:Aichi   Country:Japan  

  • Abnormal Stribeck curves of concentrated polymer brushes in macro and nanoscales

    K. Nakano, T. Watanabe, Y. Ootani, A. Chiba, H. Okubo, Y. Tsujii  [Invited]

    France-Japan CREST Workshop on Nanomechanics  2024.11  École Centrale de Lyon

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    Event date: 2024.11

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:Lyon   Country:France  

  • Stick-slip instability due to solid viscoelasticity

    K. Nakano  [Invited]

    10th International Forum on Fundamentals of Sliding Friction and Vibration  2024.7  University of Lille

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    Event date: 2024.7

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Lille   Country:France  

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Charge of on-campus class subject 【 display / non-display

  • 2025   Computing Exercise

    College of Engineering Science

  • 2025   Information Processing Exercise II

    College of Engineering Science

  • 2025   Dynamics of Machines 1

    College of Engineering Science

  • 2025   Prospects of Mech Eng, Mater Sci and Ocean Eng

    Liberal Arts Education

  • 2025   Practice in Mech Eng, Mater Sci and Ocean Eng

    Liberal Arts Education

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display

  • 日本トライボロジー学会:編集委員会(委員長)

    2018.4 - 2019.3  委員長

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  • 日本トライボロジー学会(理事)

    2017.4 - 2019.3  理事

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  • 日本トライボロジー学会:編集委員会(副委員長)

    2017.4 - 2018.3  委員長

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  • JAST Technical Committee on Tribodynamics

    2016.4  Chair

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  • JAST Technical Committee on Boundary Lubrication

    2011.4 - 2016.3  Chair

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