Education

Ph.D.,  Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, 2013

M.S.,   Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, 2010

B.S.,   Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, 2008

Biography

Dr. Zhou is presently an associate professor of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Sichuan University. He obtained the B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University in 2008, 2010 and 2013, respectively. His primary research area lies in tribology, transmission system and water lubricated technology.

Research Areas

Tribology, Transmission system, Water lubricated technology, Bearing, Gear box

Grants and Projects

1. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 51605316).  “Mixed Lubrication Behavior and Friction-Noise Reduction Method of Water Lubricated Rubber Bearing with Consideration of Real Surface Roughness”. (PI).

2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M623027). “Study on initiative tribology design for water lubricated rubber bearings with low noise”.(PI)

3. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 51435001).  “Fundamental Research on the Application of High-performance Transmissions of Spiral Bevel and Hypoid Gears” .(Key member).

4. National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2015AA043001). “Series Product Development and Industrialization of High Reliability Precision Robot Harmonic Reducer” .(Key member).

Professional Honors and Awards

Selected Publications

1. Guangwu Zhou*, Jiaxu Wang, Yanfeng Han, Bo Wei, Baoping Tang, Ping Zhong. 2017, “An experimental study on film pressure circumferential distribution of water lubricated rubber bearings with multiple grooves”, Tribology Transactions. 60 (3): 385-391.

2. Guangwu Zhou*, Jiaxu Wang, Yanfeng Han, Junyang Li, Wei Pu, Bo Wei. 2016, “Study on the stiffness and damping coefficients of water-lubricated rubber bearings with multiple grooves”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 230 (3): 323-335.

3. Wei Bo, Wang Jiaxu, Zhou Guangwu*, Yang Rongsong, Zhou Hongjun, He Tao.2016, “Mixed lubrication analysis of modified cycloidal gear used in the RV reducer”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 230 (2):121-134.

4. Junyang Li*, Jiaxu Wang, Guangwu Zhou, Wei Pu, Zhihua Wang.2015, “Accelerated life testing of harmonic driver in space lubrication”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 229 (12): 1479-1490.

5. Han Yanfeng*, Wang Jiaxu, Zhou Guangwu, Xiao Ke, Li Junyang. 2017, “Micro-bottom shape effects on the misaligned herringbone grooved axial piston bearing with a new parallel algorithm”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 231(5): 637-654.

6. Jiaxu Wang*, Yanfeng Han*, Guangwu Zhou*, Xiao Ke*, Yi Qin*, Song W*. 2011, “Numerical analysis of concave-slab type water lubricated rubber alloy bearings’ lubrication”. International Conference on Power Transmission, ICPT 2011, Xi'an, P.R. China, 2011,10.25-10.29. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 2011, (86): 805-808.