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Research project

Green Tribology

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 Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry
Research interests
  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials
Connect with Philip

Email: P.N.Bartlett@soton.ac.uk

Professor Julian Wharton

Professor
Connect with Julian

Email: J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Influence of fatty acid methyl ester composition on tribological properties of vegetable oils and duck fat derived biodiesel
S.H. Hamdan, W.W.F. Chong, Jo-Han Ng, M.J. Ghazali & R.J.K. Wood, 2016, Tribology International
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.12.008
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
The neighbourhood environment and use of neighbourhood resources in older adults with and without lower limb osteoarthritis: results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
Erik J. Timmermans, Suzan van der Pas, Cyrus Cooper, Laura A. Shaap, Mark H. Edwards, Dorly J.H. Deeg, Catharine R. Gale & Elaine M. Dennison, 2016, Clinical Rheumatology, 1-9
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-016-3388-5
Type: article
The friction reducing effect of square-shaped surface textures under lubricated line-contacts - an experimental study
Ping Lu, Robert J.K. Wood, Mark G. Gee, Ling Wang & Wilhelm Pfleging, 2016, Lubricants, 4(26), 1-13
DOI: 10.3390/lubricants4030026
Type: article
Mapping of rolling contact fatigue in rail axel bearings
Adam Wasenczuk, Ilaria Corni, Nicola Symonds, Orestis Katsamenis & C.E. Birrell, 2016
Type: conference
Composite, multilayer and three-dimensional substrate supported tin-based electrodeposits from methanesulphonic acid
2016, Transactions of the IMF, 93(3), 152-158
DOI: 10.1080/00202967.2016.1162399
Type: article
An investigation into the effect of substrate on the load-bearing capacity of thin hard coatings
Chuan Ting Wang, Timo J. Hakala, Anssi Laukkanen, Helena Ronkainen, Kenneth Holmberg, Nong Gao, Robert J.K. Wood & Terence G. Langdon, 2016, Journal of Materials Science, 51(9), 4390-4398
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9751-8
Type: article