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Green Tribology

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Wood

Associate Dean Research

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.

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Other researchers

Professor Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry

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Professor Julian Wharton

Professor

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrochemistry

A well-established world-class group researching energy charge transfer that affects many facets of life.

Research outputs

Explicit fracture modelling of cemented tungsten carbide (WC-Co) at the mesoscale
Stephen Herd,
Robert Wood,
Julian Wharton,
& C F Higgs III
, 2018 , Materials Science and Engineering: A , 712 , 373--379
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2017.11.109
Type: article
Developments in erosion-corrosion over the past 10 years
Charles Burson-Thomas,
& Robert Wood
, 2017 , Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion , 3 (14)
DOI: 10.1007/s40735-017-0073-4
Type: article
Damage mechanisms at the cement-implant interface of polished cemented femoral stems
Natalie Shearwood-Porter,
Martin Browne,
James A. Milton,
Matthew J. Cooper,
Martin R. Palmer,
Jeremy M. Latham,
Robert J. K. Wood,
& Richard B. Cook
, 2017 , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials , 105 (7) , 2027–2033
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33739
Type: article
Influence of the manufacturing finishing on the nano-scale wear resistance at the taper-trunnion interface in hip implants
Vanesa Martinez Nogues,
John Walker,
& Richard Cook
, 2016
Type: conference
Mapping of rolling contact fatigue in rail axel bearings
Adam Wasenczuk,
Ilaria Corni,
Nicola Symonds,
Orestis Katsamenis,
& C.E. Birrell
, 2016
Type: conference
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