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Lubrication of Polymers

Project overview

PhD research

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Monica Ratoi

Lecturer in Lubrication Science

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.

Research outputs

Mechanism of oil-lubrication of PEEK and its composites with steel counterparts
Go Tatsumi,
Monica Ratoi,
Yuji Shitara,
Shinji Hasegawa,
Kiyomi Sakamoto,
& Brian Mellor
, 2021 , Wear , 486-487
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2021.204085
Type: article
Effect of organic friction modifiers on lubrication of PEEK-steel contact
Go Tatsumi,
Monica Ratoi,
Brian Mellor,
Yuji Shitara,
& K. Sakamoto
, 2020 , Tribology International , 151
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106513
Type: article
Effect of lubrication on friction and wear properties of PEEK with steel counterparts
Go Tatsumi,
Monica Ratoi,
Yuji Shitara,
Kiyomi Sakamoto,
& Brian Mellor
, 2019 , Tribology Online , 14 (5) , 345--352
DOI: 10.2474/trol.14.345
Type: article
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