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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

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
Nano-scale wear characterization of CoCrMo biomedical alloys
V. Martinez-Nogues, J.M. Nesbitt, R. Wood & R. Cook, 2016, Tribology International, 93, 563-572
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2015.03.037
Type: article
Observing early stage rail axle bearing damage
N. Symonds, I. Corni, R.J.K. Wood, Adam Wasenczuk & David Vincent, 2015, Engineering Failure Analysis, 56, 216-232
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2015.02.008
Type: article
Miniaturized rotating disc rheometer test for rapid screening of drag reducing marine coatings
Simon Dennington, Ponkrit Mekkhunthod, Martin Rides, David Gibbs, Maria Salta, Victoria Stoodley, Julian Wharton & Paul Stoodley, 2015, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 3(3), 1-10
DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/3/3/034004
Type: article
Wetting of surfaces made of hydrophobic cavities
Ben P. Lloyd, Philip N. Bartlett & Robert J. K. Wood, 2015, Langmuir, 31(34), 9325-9330
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02107
Type: article