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The effect of cylinder liner operating temperature on frictional loss and engine emissions in piston ring conjunction by Rahmani, R., Rahnejat, H., Fitzsimons, B., Dowson, D.

“…•Cylinder liner temperature affects frictional losses.•Optimum liner temperature improves energy efficiency and reduces emissions.•Liner temperature is hardly…”
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Tribological principles in metal-on-metal hip joint design by Dowson, D

“…An analysis of some 100 published and communicated findings on running-in volumetric wear and steady state wear rates from simulator tests carried out in eight…”
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Effect of cylinder deactivation on tribological performance of piston compression ring and connecting rod bearing by Morris, N., Mohammadpour, M., Rahmani, R., Johns-Rahnejat, P.M., Rahnejat, H., Dowson, D.

“…Thermo-mixed-hydrodynamics of compression rings and big-end bearings are presented. Frictional losses under normal engine operating conditions for a gasoline…”
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A porohyperelastic lubrication model for articular cartilage in the natural synovial joint by de Boer, G.N., Raske, N., Soltanahmadi, S., Dowson, D., Bryant, M.G., Hewson, R.W.

“…This work focuses on the proposed mechanisms for the lubrication of synovial joints and applies them to an idealised bearing geometry considering a…”
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New joints for the Millennium: wear control in total replacement hip joints by Dowson, D

“…Hip joint replacement is described as the greatest achievement in orthopaedic surgery in the twentieth century. The field has been dominated for some forty…”
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Big End Bearing Losses with Thermal Cavitation Flow Under Cylinder Deactivation by Shahmohamadi, H., Rahmani, R., Rahnejat, H., Garner, C. P., Dowson, D.

“…The paper presents a mixed thermo-hydrodynamic analysis of elliptic bore bearings using combined solution of Navier–Stokes, continuity and energy equations for…”
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A link between the tribology and corrosive degradation of metal-on-metal THRs by Beadling, A.R., Bryant, M.G., Dowson, D., Neville, A.

“…The degradation of Metal-on-Metal (MoM) Total Hip Replacements (THRs) is a complex mix of tribological, corrosive phenomena and their synergistic processes…”
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Metal-on-metal hip joint tribology by Dowson, D, Jin, Z M

“…The basic tribological features of metal-on-metal total hip replacements have been reviewed to facilitate an understanding of the engineering science…”
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Effect of metallic nanoparticles on the biotribocorrosion behaviour of Metal-on-Metal hip prostheses by Yan, Y., Neville, A., Dowson, D., Williams, S., Fisher, J.

“…Concerns of polyethylene wear debris induced osteolysis has been partially responsible for the renewed interest in the second generation Metal-on-Metal (MoM)…”
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Elastohydrodynamic and micro-elastohydrodynamic lubrication by Dowson, D.

“…Elastohydrodynamic lubrication is the dominant mode of lubrication in many critical, highly stressed machine elements such as gears, rolling bearings, cams and…”
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Harmonic decomposition analysis of contact mechanics of bonded layered elastic solids by Teodorescu, M., Rahnejat, H., Gohar, R., Dowson, D.

“…The paper presents an iterative method for obtaining footprint, pressure distribution, local deformation and sub-surface stress field for the contact between a…”
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Understanding the role of corrosion in the degradation of metal-on-metal implants by Yan, Y, Neville, A, Dowson, D

“…In metal-on-metal joints the primary concerns in terms of long-term durability relate to corrosion, wear, and their joint (tribocorrosion) effects. The release…”
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Lubricious ionic polymer brush functionalised silicone elastomer surfaces by Lanigan, J.L., Fatima, S., Charpentier, T.V., Neville, A., Dowson, D., Bryant, M.

“…Infection, erosion of mucosal and uro-epithelial layers, tissue trauma and encrustation associated with catheterisation is still an issue faced by health-care…”
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The effect of femoral head diameter upon lubrication and wear of metal-on-metal total hip replacements by Smith, S L, Dowson, D, Goldsmith, A A

“…It has been found that a remarkable reduction in the wear of metal-on-metal hip joints can be achieved by simply increasing the diameter of the joint. A…”
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Electrochemical instrumentation of a hip simulator: a new tool for assessing the role of corrosion in metal-on-metal hip joints by Yan, Y, Neville, A, Dowson, D, Williams, S, Fisher, J

“…Polyethylene wear debris induced osteolysis has triggered investigations to find alternative material combinations to the well-established…”
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A comparative study of the performance of metallic and ceramic femoral head components in total replacement hip joints by Dowson, D.

“…Arthroplasty represents an outstanding twentieth century achievement in orthopaedic surgery. However, in recent years polyethylene wear debris has been linked…”
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Prediction of lubricating film thickness in UHMWPE hip joint replacements by Jalali-Vahid, D., Jagatia, M., Jin, Z.M., Dowson, D.

“…An elastohydrodynamic lubrication model developed for a ball-in-socket configuration in a previous studies by the present authors (Jalali-Vahid et al.,…”
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On Lubricant Transport Conditions in Elastohydrodynamic Conjunctions by Ehret, P., Dowson, D., Taylor, C. M.

“…New numerical results, based upon the concept of solidification, are produced which match the intriguing dimple observed by Kaneta in elastohydrodynamic…”
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A comparative joint simulator study of the wear of metal-on-metal and alternative material combinations in hip replacements by Goldsmith, A A, Dowson, D, Isaac, G H, Lancaster, J G

“…While total hip replacement represents the major success story in orthopaedic surgery in the twentieth century, there is much interest in extending even…”
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M-16 A New Tool to Assess Corrosion and Metal Ion Release in Artificial Hip Joints by Yan, Y, Neville, A, Hesketh, J, Dowson, D, Williams, S, Fisher, J

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