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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sweden
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
47
Citations
7588
World Ranking
1383
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Ulf Olofsson is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the field of engineering, with a focus on mechanical and automotive engineering as well as health, toxicology, and environmental engineering.

Their work spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Environmental Engineering

Olofsson's research covers key topics such as:

  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Brake Systems and Friction Analysis
  • Tribology and Wear Analysis
  • Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
  • Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
  • Advanced machining processes and optimization

The scientist has published in notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Tribology Letters
  • Tribology International
  • Atmosphere
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology
  • Toxicology Letters

Some recent papers featuring their work include:

  • Laser Cladding Treatment for Refurbishing Disc Brake Rotors: Environmental and Tribological Analysis, 2021, Tribology Letters
  • Toxicity and health effects of ultrafine particles: Towards an understanding of the relative impacts of different transport modes, 2023, Environmental Research
  • Grey Cast Iron Brake Discs Laser Cladded with Nickel-Tungsten Carbide-Friction, Wear and Airborne Wear Particle Emission, 2020, Atmosphere
  • A quantitatively distributed wear-measurement method for spur gears during micro-pitting and pitting tests, 2020, Tribology International
  • Influence of gear surface roughness on the pitting and micropitting life, 2020, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Minghui Tu
  • Yezhe Lyu
  • Karine Elihn
  • Jens Wahlström
  • Sarah S. Steimer

Best Publications

  • Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook

    Roger Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

  • Mapping rail wear regimes and transitions

    R. Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

  • Wear, plastic deformation and friction of two rail steels—a full-scale test and a laboratory study

    Ulf Olofsson;Tanel Telliskivi

  • Contact mechanics analysis of measured wheel-rail profiles using the finite element method

    T. Telliskivi;Ulf Olofsson

  • Tactile perception : Finger friction, surface roughness and perceived coarseness

    Lisa Skedung;Katrin Danerlöv;Ulf Olofsson;Carl Michael Johannesson

  • A pin-on-disc simulation of airborne wear particles from disc brakes

    Jens Wahlström;Anders Söderberg;Lars Olander;Anders Jansson

  • Influence of leaf, humidity and applied lubrication on friction in the wheel-rail contact: Pin-on-disc experiments

    Ulf Olofsson;Krister Sundvall

  • Mapping railway wheel material wear mechanisms and transitions

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

  • Wheel-rail wear simulation

    Tanel Telliskivi;Ulf Olofsson

  • Size, Shape, and Elemental Composition of Airborne Wear Particles from Disc Brake Materials

    Jens Wahlström;Lars Olander;Ulf Olofsson

  • Wear between wheel and rail:A pin-on-disc study of environmental conditions and iron oxides

    Yezhe Lyu;Yi Zhu;Yi Zhu;Ulf Olofsson

  • A concept for reducing PM10 emissions for car brakes by 50

    Guido Perricone;Vlastimil Matějka;Mattia Alemani;Giorgio Valota

  • Experimental Characterization of Wheel-Rail Contact Patch Evolution

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

  • Simulation of mild wear in boundary lubricated spherical roller thrust bearings

    Ulf Olofsson;Sören Andersson;Stefan Björklund

  • Particle Emissions From Rail Traffic: A Literature Review

    Saeed Abbasi;Anders Jansson;Ulf Sellgren;Ulf Olofsson

  • Tribology of the wheel–rail contact – aspects of wear, particle emission and adhesion

    Ulf Olofsson;Yi Zhu;Saeed Abbasi;Roger Lewis

  • A pin-on-disc study of the tribology characteristics of sintered versus standard steel gear materials

    Xinmin Li;Mario Sosa;Ulf Olofsson

  • A Study of Airborne Wear Particles Generated From a Sliding Contact

    Ulf Olofsson;Lars Olander;Anders Jansson

  • Cyclic micro-slip under unlubricated conditions

    Ulf Olofsson

  • Finger Friction Measurements on Coated and Uncoated Printing Papers

    Lisa Skedung;Katrin Danerlöv;Ulf Olofsson;Maiju Aikala

  • On the influence of car brake system parameters on particulate matter emissions

    Mattia Alemani;Jens Wahlström;Ulf Olofsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Lewis
Roger Lewis University of Sheffield
Stefano Gialanella
Stefano Gialanella University of Trento
Rob Dwyer-Joyce
Rob Dwyer-Joyce University of Sheffield
Mark W. Rutland
Mark W. Rutland Royal Institute of Technology
Pär Jönsson
Pär Jönsson Royal Institute of Technology
Giovanni Straffelini
Giovanni Straffelini University of Trento
Christopher M. Stafford
Christopher M. Stafford National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jorge Ambrósio
Jorge Ambrósio Instituto Superior Técnico
Joao Pombo
Joao Pombo University of Huddersfield

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