Post-Doctoral Research, Loughborough University, United Kingdom (2012-2013)
Employed under the EPSRC Encyclopaedic project grant
Multi-scale Friction Model
- modelling of asperity pair interaction considering Lennard-Jones based adhesion and lubricant shearing along asperity pair summits
- validation of asperity model through atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements of friction along dry/wet rough surfaces using contact mode, fluid imaging and lateral force microscopy
- extend the asperity interaction model to sliding rough surface contact, leading to an improved friction model which can be used to predict the frictional losses along the piston ring/liner conjunction
Engine System Tribology and Dynamics
- modelling of cam-tappet tribological conjunctions considering thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication
- transient analysis of gear tribological conjunction
- modelling of piston-ring liner lubrication considering the transient effect of cavitation
