Professor Tadeusz Stolarski
Research Professor

Research area(s)

• Surface Mechanics and Tribology with particular emphasis on surface fatigue resulting from rolling contact of ceramics and polymers.
• High speed air bearings
• Boundary Lubrication - analytical models
• Dry Face Seals.
• Science University of Tokyo, Japan (High Speed Air Bearings)
• Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan (Surface Fatigue of Coatings)
• Chiba University, Japan (Laser Visualisation of Crack Propagation, Fretting)
• Technical University of Gdansk, Poland (Sliding bearings)

Project details

Attracted research funding totalling over 250 K over the last five years. Sources of funding include :

• EPSRC
• DTI
• SKF
• Castrol International
• Compact Radial Compressors
• KV Automation Systems