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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 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