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Green Tribology

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 Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials

Professor Julian Wharton

Professor

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

Complete electrolytic plastron recovery in a low drag superhydrophobic surface
Ben Peter Lloyd,
Philip N. Bartlett,
& Robert Wood
, 2021 , ACS Omega , 6 (5) , 3483–3489
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03466
Type: article
Comparison of metal-on-metal hip simulator wear measured by gravimetric, CMM and optical profiling methods
L. Russell Alberts,
Vanesa Martinez-nogues,
Richard Baker Cook,
Christian Maul,
Paul Bills,
R. Racasan,
Martin Stolz,
& Robert J.K. Wood
, 2018 , Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties , 6 (1)
DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/aaa518
Type: article
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
A novel surface texture shape for directional friction control
Ping Lu,
Robert Wood,
Mark Gee,
Ling Wang,
& Wilhelm Pfleging
, 2018 , Tribology Letters , 66 (51)
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-018-0995-0
Type: article
The rotating cylinder electrode for studies of corrosion engineering and protection of metals—an illustrated review
Frank Walsh,
Gareth Kear,
Ayssar H. Nahle,
Julian Wharton,
& Luis Fernando Arenas Martinez
, 2017 , Corrosion Science , 123 , 1--20
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2017.03.024
Type: review
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