Technical reports by
Dr George K. Nikas
8. Jacob Wallenberg Foundation grant for
research and development in materials science.
October 2008. Final report for the Jacob Wallenberg Foundation and the
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Report statistics: 23
pages, 9 figures, 5 appendices.
7. FOREMOST: Fullerene-based
opportunities: making optimised surfaces for tribology. Work packages
2.2 (Tribological mapping of rolling contacts) and 2.4 (Tribological
mapping of fretting contacts).
December 2007. Technical report for the European Union sponsored project
FOREMOST. Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department,
Tribology Group. Report statistics: 117 pages, 73 figures including 225
diagrams (90 for rolling contacts and 135 for fretting contacts), 16
tables, 13 detailed equations, 7 appendices.
6. Research of fundamental sealing
mechanisms needed for zero-leakage high-reliability rotary vane
actuators. October 2004. Technical
report for Busak+Shamban (UK), Smiths Aerospace Mechanical Systems (UK),
and the British Department of Trade and Industry. Imperial College London,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Tribology Group. Report statistics: 121
pages, 98 figures containing 189 diagrams, 94 detailed equations.
5. Traction modelling for a toroidal CVT. April 2002. Technical report for Torotrak
(Development) Ltd (UK) and the British Department of Trade and Industry.
Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tribology
Group. Report statistics: 77 pages, 29 figures, 46 detailed equations.
4. Determination of polymeric sealing
principles for end user high reliability.
August 2001. Technical report for Smiths Aerospace Actuation Systems -
Cheltenham (UK), Smiths Aerospace Actuation Systems - Wolverhampton (UK),
TISPP UK Ltd (UK), and the British Department of Trade and Industry.
Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tribology
Group. Report statistics: 124 pages, 60 figures, 94 detailed equations.
3. Development of a contact fatigue
model for Continuously Variable Transmissions.
December 1999. Technical report for Torotrak (Development) Ltd (UK). IC
Consultants Ltd. Report statistics: 88 pages, 19 figures, 86 detailed
equations.
2. A study of lubrication mechanisms
using 2-phase fluids with porous bearing materials.
April 1998. Technical report for the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC). Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering
Department, Tribology Group.
1. Particle entrapment in an EHD contact
of a ball rolling-sliding on a flat surface.
April 1996. Technical report for SKF (The Netherlands). Imperial College
London, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tribology Group. Report
statistics: 79 pages, 56 figures, 103 detailed equations.
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