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The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations (2025)
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Gichuki, A. J., Shipway, P. H., Rouse, J. P., Bennett, C. J., Koti, D., & Coll, E. (2025). The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations. Tribology International, 210, Article 110820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2025.110820

This study examines the dependence of fretting wear of a high strength steel using four non-conforming specimen configurations: cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinders, with both 6 mm and 160 mm radii cylinders. In each configuration, the wear of the... Read More about The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations.

Characterization of damage in galling testing of austenitic stainless steel as a function of pressure and sliding distance (2025)
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Kóti, D., Daure, J. L., Neate, N. C., Stewart, D. A., & Shipway, P. H. (2025). Characterization of damage in galling testing of austenitic stainless steel as a function of pressure and sliding distance. Wear, Article 205776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2025.205776

It is well known that stainless steel is prone to galling, and in previous work, we have demonstrated that the degree of damage following galling tests in such materials is a function of both contact pressure and sliding distance. However, it is not... Read More about Characterization of damage in galling testing of austenitic stainless steel as a function of pressure and sliding distance.

Microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms of service-exposed P91 steel via interrupted uniaxial creep tests at 660 °C (2024)
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Bonetti, R., Neate, N. C., Morris, A., Shipway, P. H., & Sun, W. (2024). Microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms of service-exposed P91 steel via interrupted uniaxial creep tests at 660 °C. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 33, 3529-3549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.10.045

Creep degradation behaviour of service-exposed P91 steel is evaluated during interrupted creep tests at 660 °C and 80 MPa using a number of material characterization techniques including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron micro... Read More about Microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms of service-exposed P91 steel via interrupted uniaxial creep tests at 660 °C.

Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting (2024)
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Laolu-Balogun, E., Owen, S., Read, S., Shipway, P., & Voisey, K. (2024). Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting. Wear, 552-553, Article 205426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2024.205426

Investigations into effects of humidity and oxygen on a polymer-bonded MoS2-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating, on grit-blasted Ti-6Al-4V using a cylinder-on-flat configuration, are reported. Sustained low friction and low wear occurred in both l... Read More about Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting.

The evolution of subsurface deformation and tribological degradation of a multiphase Fe-based hardfacing induced by sliding contact (2023)
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Carrington, M., Daure, J., Utada, S., Ratia-Hanby, V., Shipway, P., Stewart, D., & McCartney, D. (2024). The evolution of subsurface deformation and tribological degradation of a multiphase Fe-based hardfacing induced by sliding contact. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 892, Article 146023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.146023

Multiphase Fe-based hardfacing alloys, for example Tristelle 5183 Fe-21%Cr-10%Ni-7.5%Nb-5%Si-2%C in wt.%, are extensively used for tribological applications, including valves, bearings and drive mechanisms, where two surfaces are unavoidably subjecte... Read More about The evolution of subsurface deformation and tribological degradation of a multiphase Fe-based hardfacing induced by sliding contact.

Lifetime of MoS2 based DFL systems in fretting with and without a Cu-Ni-In under-layer: the dependence on the topography of the surface onto which the DFL is deposited (2023)
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Laolu-Balogun, E., Owen, S., Booth, T., Pattinson, G., Shipway, P., & Voisey, K. (2023). Lifetime of MoS2 based DFL systems in fretting with and without a Cu-Ni-In under-layer: the dependence on the topography of the surface onto which the DFL is deposited. Tribology International, 188, Article 108863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108863

The superior fretting performance of polymer-bonded MoS2-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating on a plasma-sprayed Cu-Ni-In under-layer is well known. The Cu-Ni-In under-layer changes both the material and the topography of the sur... Read More about Lifetime of MoS2 based DFL systems in fretting with and without a Cu-Ni-In under-layer: the dependence on the topography of the surface onto which the DFL is deposited.

Galling of stainless steels as a function of test conditions in an ASTM G196-type test setup – The role of temperature, rotational velocity, interrupted rotation and rotational distance (2023)
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Daure, J. L., Kóti, D., Carrington, M. J., McCartney, D. G., Stewart, D. A., & Shipway, P. H. (2023). Galling of stainless steels as a function of test conditions in an ASTM G196-type test setup – The role of temperature, rotational velocity, interrupted rotation and rotational distance. Wear, 524-525, Article 204804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.204804

Austenitic stainless steels have attractive properties for use in corrosive environments, but their use in components where motion under load is experienced (such as valves) is limited by their poor galling behaviour. Whilst stainless steels with imp... Read More about Galling of stainless steels as a function of test conditions in an ASTM G196-type test setup – The role of temperature, rotational velocity, interrupted rotation and rotational distance.

Debris expulsion as a rate determining process in fretting – The effect of slip amplitude on debris expulsion behaviour and rates (2023)
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Zhu, T., Bennett, C. J., & Shipway, P. H. (2023). Debris expulsion as a rate determining process in fretting – The effect of slip amplitude on debris expulsion behaviour and rates. Wear, 523, Article 204818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.204818

In contrast to the well-established understanding of sliding wear, recent work has clearly demonstrated that the instantaneous wear rate in fretting of metals is dependent upon the contact size due to the fact that transport of species in and out of... Read More about Debris expulsion as a rate determining process in fretting – The effect of slip amplitude on debris expulsion behaviour and rates.

Adhesive transfer operates during galling (2022)
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Rogers, S. R., Daure, J., Shipway, P., Stewart, D., & Dye, D. (2022). Adhesive transfer operates during galling. Scripta Materialia, 221, Article 114960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114960

In order to reduce cobalt within the primary circuit of pressurised water reactors (PWR's), wear-resistant steels are being researched and developed. In particular interest is the understanding of galling mechanisms, an adhesive wear mechanism which... Read More about Adhesive transfer operates during galling.

Empirical relationships between hardness, replica and strain and their roles in health monitoring based life assessment for aged power plant materials (2022)
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Bonetti, R., Morris, A., Shipway, P. H., & Sun, W. (2022). Empirical relationships between hardness, replica and strain and their roles in health monitoring based life assessment for aged power plant materials. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 199, Article 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2022.104735

In this paper, for the first time, a holistic empirical lifing approach, which accommodates the on-site information of replica, hardness and strain, is established based on a large amount of outage inspection data on ageing high temperature parent ½C... Read More about Empirical relationships between hardness, replica and strain and their roles in health monitoring based life assessment for aged power plant materials.