2026 P.H. Shipway: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	72	4147	4015	167	157	222	13985

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

P.H. Shipway is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on engineering with a strong focus on the mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry. They have contributed extensively to the study of wear, friction, and material interactions, particularly in metal alloys and advanced composites.

Their scholarly output includes significant work in the following fields of study:

Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Metals and Alloys
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Shipway's research topics cover several specific themes, such as:

Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis
Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Tribology and Wear Analysis
Advanced materials and composites

The scientist has an extensive list of publications, with frequent contributions to established journals including:

Wear
Tribology International
International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Materials Characterization

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by P.H. Shipway are:

"Interaction of displacement amplitude and frequency effects in fretting wear of a high strength steel: Impact on debris bed formation and subsurface damage" (2021, Wear)
"Understanding and modelling wear rates and mechanisms in fretting via the concept of rate-determining processes - Contact oxygenation, debris formation and debris ejection" (2021, Wear)
"Contact size and debris ejection in fretting: The inappropriate use of Archard-type analysis of wear data and the development of alternative wear equations for commonly employed non-conforming specimen pair geometries" (2021, Wear)
"Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications" (2023, Wear)
"Microstructural characterisation of subsurface deformation and the degradation of Stellite 6 induced by self-mated sliding contact in a simulated PWR environment" (2021, Tribology International)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

David Stewart
J.L. Daure
C.J. Bennett
M.J. Carrington
D.G. McCartney

Best Publications

Abrasive wear behaviour of conventional and nanocomposite HVOF-sprayed WC–Co coatings

D.A. Stewart;P.H. Shipway;D.G. McCartney

514
Citations
Corrosion resistance of zinc–magnesium coated steel

N.C. Hosking;N.C. Hosking;M.A. Ström;P.H. Shipway;C.D. Rudd

500
Citations
Microstructural evolution in thermally sprayed WC-Co coatings: Comparison between nanocomposite and conventional starting powders

D.A Stewart;P.H Shipway;D.G McCartney

440
Citations
Bonding Mechanisms in Cold Spraying: The Contributions of Metallurgical and Mechanical Components

T. Hussain;D. G. McCartney;P. H. Shipway;D. Zhang

403
Citations
Sliding wear behaviour of conventional and nanostructured HVOF sprayed WC–Co coatings

P.H. Shipway;D.G. McCartney;T. Sudaprasert

318
Citations
Contact-evolution based prediction of fretting fatigue life: Effect of slip amplitude

J.J. Madge;S.B. Leen;I.R. McColl;P.H. Shipway

257
Citations
The effect of temperature on wear and friction of a high strength steel in fretting

S.R. Pearson;P.H. Shipway;J.O. Abere;R.A.A. Hewitt

238
Citations
The rôle of particle properties in the erosion of brittle materials

P.H. Shipway;I.M. Hutchings

213
Citations
The effect of particle hardness and shape when abrasive water jet milling titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

G. Fowler;I.R. Pashby;P.H. Shipway

197
Citations
Microstructure and abrasive wear behaviour of shielded metal arc welding hardfacings used in the sugarcane industry

V.E. Buchanan;P.H. Shipway;D.G. McCartney

196
Citations
Influence of heat treatment on the abrasive wear behaviour of HVOF sprayed WC–Co coatings

D.A Stewart;P.H Shipway;D.G McCartney

195
Citations
Fracture of brittle spheres under compression and impact loading. I. Elastic stress distributions

P. H. Shipway;I. M. Hutchings

194
Citations
Microscale abrasive wear of polymeric materials

P.H Shipway;N.K Ngao

182
Citations
Friction and sliding wear behaviour of electrodeposited cobalt and cobalt-tungsten alloy coatings for replacement of electrodeposited chromium

D.P. Weston;P.H. Shipway;S.J. Harris;M.K. Cheng

177
Citations
Production of titanium deposits by cold-gas dynamic spray: Numerical modeling and experimental characterization

T. Marrocco;D. G. McCartney;P. H. Shipway;A. J. Sturgeon

176
Citations
Three-body abrasive wear of fine pearlite, nanostructured bainite and martensite

S. Das Bakshi;P.H. Shipway;H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia

175
Citations
A combined wear and crack nucleation–propagation methodology for fretting fatigue prediction

J.J. Madge;S.B. Leen;P.H. Shipway

171
Citations
Sliding wear behaviour of HVOF sprayed WC-Co coatings deposited with both gas-fuelled and liquid-fuelled systems

T. Sudaprasert;P.H. Shipway;D.G. McCartney

168
Citations
Influence of kinematic operating parameters on kerf geometry in abrasive waterjet machining of silicon carbide ceramics

D.S. Srinivasu;D.A. Axinte;P.H. Shipway;J. Folkes

167
Citations
Sliding wear behaviour of electrodeposited cobalt–tungsten and cobalt–tungsten–iron alloys

H. Capel;P.H. Shipway;S.J. Harris

165
Citations
Mechanical stabilisation of bainite

P. H. Shipway;H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia

155
Citations