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Early detection of contact distress for Enhanced performance monitoring and predictive inspection of machines

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engand Tribology

Research interests

  • Professor Robert Wood has research interests that span the application of lubrication, wear and friction science to current and next generation critical machine components such as bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps, renewable energy systems and electrification of transportation. His research projects look at detecting wear, corrosion, friction and lubrication using these measurements to improve condition monitoring of machines including EVs and aeroengine fan blades and to optimise surface engineering for extended service life, energy efficiency and to drive tribology based digital twins and machine learning development.
Other researchers

Professor Nicholas Harris

Professor

Dr Terence Harvey

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Areas of research interest include:
  • Coatings;
  • Conditioning Monitoring; 

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)

We specialise in tribology which is the science of friction, wear and lubrication of surfaces that come in to contact in motion.

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Our interests range from nano-scale biological sensors to complete sensor systems.

Vision, Learning and Control

Our work covers a range of technological areas from control, to machine learning and computer vision.

Research outputs

Convex multi-view clustering via robust low rank approximation with application to multi-omic data
Omar Essam Shetta,
Mahesan Niranjan,
& Srinandan Dasmahapatra
, 2021 , IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2021.3122961
Type: article
Surface temperature condition monitoring methods for aerospace turbomachinery: exploring the use of ultrasonic guided waves
Lawrence Yule,
Bahareh Zaghari,
Nicholas Harris,
& Martyn Hill
, 2021 , Measurement Science and Technology , 32 (5) , 1--30
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/abda96
Type: review
Early wear detection and Its significance for condition monitoring
Ping Lu,
Honor Powrie,
Robert Wood,
Terence Harvey,
& Nicholas Harris
, 2021 , Tribology International , 159
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.106946
Type: review
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