2026 Roger Lewis: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	56	849	777	47	40	318	11166

Overview

Roger Lewis is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanical Engineering and its related subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

Their scholarly work extensively covers several key topics including:

Railway Engineering and Dynamics
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
Tribology and Wear Analysis
Tunneling and Rock Mechanics

Roger Lewis has contributed consistently to several publication venues. The most frequent include:

Wear
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Tribology International
SSRN Electronic Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Lewis reflect the focus on railway materials and wear mechanisms. These include:

Microstructure evolution of railway pearlitic wheel steels under rolling-sliding contact loading, 2020, Tribology International
Comparison of wear and rolling contact fatigue behaviours of bainitic and pearlitic rails under various rolling-sliding conditions, 2020, Wear
Experimental study on wear properties of wheel and rail materials with different hardness values, 2021, Wear
Numerical calculation of wear in rolling contact based on the Archard equation: Effect of contact parameters and consideration of uncertainties, 2021, Wear
Wear and rolling contact fatigue competition mechanism of different types of rail steels under various slip ratios, 2023, Wear

Roger Lewis frequently collaborates with notable researchers in the field. Among these co-authors are Klaus Six, Haohao Ding, William A. Skipper, Bettina Suhr, and Enrico Meli, highlighting a network of active partnerships in their research domain.

Best Publications

A mathematical model to predict railway wheel profile evolution due to wear

F. Braghin;R. Lewis;R.S. Dwyer-Joyce;S. Bruni

456
Citations
Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook

Roger Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

419
Citations
Mapping rail wear regimes and transitions

R. Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

337
Citations
Twin disc assessment of wheel/rail adhesion

E.A. Gallardo-Hernandez;R. Lewis

243
Citations
In vivo measurement of skin surface strain and sub-surface layer deformation induced by natural tissue stretching.

Raman Maiti;Lutz Christian Gerhardt;Zing S. Lee;Robert A. Byers

188
Citations
Development of a wear prediction tool for steel railway wheels using three alternative wear functions

João Pombo;Jorge Ambrósio;Manuel Pereira;Roger Lewis

166
Citations
Assessment of laser cladding as an option for repairing/enhancing rails

S.R. Lewis;R. Lewis;D.I. Fletcher

166
Citations
Microstructure evolution of railway pearlitic wheel steels under rolling-sliding contact loading

Y. Hu;Y. Hu;L. Zhou;H.H. Ding;R. Lewis

166
Citations
Characterisation of Contact Pressure Distribution in Bolted Joints

M. B. Marshall;R. Lewis;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce

155
Citations
Rolling–sliding laboratory tests of friction modifiers in dry and wet wheel–rail contacts

O. Arias-Cuevas;Z. Li;R. Lewis;E.A. Gallardo-Hernández

149
Citations
Understanding the friction mechanisms between the human finger and flat contacting surfaces in moist conditions

S. E. Tomlinson;R. Lewis;X. Liu;C. Texier

146
Citations
A laboratory investigation on the influence of the particle size and slip during sanding on the adhesion and wear in the wheel–rail contact

Oscar Arias-Cuevas;Zili Li;Roger Lewis

141
Citations
Investigation on wear and rolling contact fatigue of wheel-rail materials under various wheel/rail hardness ratio and creepage conditions

Y. Hu;L. Zhou;H.H. Ding;G.X. Tan

140
Citations
The effects of soot-contaminated engine oil on wear and friction: A review:

D A Green;R Lewis

137
Citations
The effect of normal force and roughness on friction in human finger contact

S.E. Tomlinson;R. Lewis;M.J. Carré

137
Citations
Wear and damage transitions of wheel and rail materials under various contact conditions

W.J. Wang;W.J. Wang;R. Lewis;B. Yang;L.C. Guo

136
Citations
Food for Thought? — A UK pilot study testing a methodology for compositional domestic food waste analysis:

Joseph Langley;Alaster Yoxall;Geoff Heppell;Elena Maria Rodriguez

134
Citations
Wear of human teeth: A tribological perspective

R Lewis;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce

131
Citations
Mapping railway wheel material wear mechanisms and transitions

Roger Lewis;Rob Dwyer-Joyce;Ulf Olofsson;Joao Pombo

128
Citations
Wear at the wheel/rail interface when sanding is used to increase adhesion

R Lewis;R S Dwyer-Joyce

126
Citations
Characterising pressure and bruising in apple fruit

R. Lewis;Alaster Yoxall;M. Marshall;L. Canty

119
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Dwyer-Joyce University of Sheffield

Ulf Olofsson Royal Institute of Technology

Zili Li Delft University of Technology

Joao Pombo University of Huddersfield

Jorge Ambrósio Instituto Superior Técnico

Sheila MacNeil University of Sheffield

Bruce W. Drinkwater University of Bristol

Francesco Braghin Polytechnic University of Milan

Anne Neville University of Leeds

Robert G. Hill Queen Mary University of London

External Links

Personal website of Roger Lewis Google Scholar page

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