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

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engand Tribology
Research interests
  • the application of lubrication, wear and friction science
  • current and next generation critical machine components (bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps)
  • renewable energy systems
Connect with Robert

Email: r.wood@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Nicholas Harris

Professor
Connect with Nicholas

Email: nrh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Terence Harvey

Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
  • Areas of research interest include:
  • Coatings;
  • Conditioning Monitoring; 
Connect with Terence

Email: T.J.Harvey@soton.ac.uk

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
Connect with Mahesan

Email: mn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Study and modelling of surface topography changes during running-in in rolling-sliding contacts under mixed lubrication
2024
Type: thesis
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
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
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