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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: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials
Connect with Philip

Email: [email protected]

Professor Julian Wharton

Professor
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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

Damage mechanisms at the cement-implant interface of polished cemented femoral stems
Natalie Shearwood-Porter, Martin Browne, James A. Milton, Matthew J. Cooper, Martin R. Palmer, Jeremy M. Latham, Robert J. K. Wood & Richard B. Cook, 2017, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 105(7), 2027–2033
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33739
Type: article
The use of anisotropic texturing for control of directional friction
Ping Lu, Robert Wood, Mark G. Gee, Ling Wang & Wilhelm Pfleging, 2017, Tribology International, 113, 169-181
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2017.02.005
Type: article
Marine wear and tribocorrosion
Robert Wood, 2017, Wear, 376–377(Part B), 893-910
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2017.01.076
Type: article
Scuffing mechanisms of EN-GJS 400-15 spheroidal graphite cast iron against a 52100 bearing steel in a PAO lubricated reciprocating contact
T.J. Kamps, J.C. Walker, R.J. Wood, P.M. Lee & A.G. Plint, 2017, Wear, 1-16
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2017.01.074
Type: article
Synergistic effects of cavitation erosion and corrosion for nickel aluminium bronze with oxide film in 3.5% NaCl solution
Jahnabi Basumatary & Robert Wood, 2017, Wear
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2017.01.047
Type: article