Duncan Dowson
Duncan Dowson CBE, FREng, FRS (born 31 August 1928) is a British engineer, and professor emeritus at University of Leeds.
Life
He studied at Lady Lumley's School. He earned a BSc and PhD from Leeds University in 1952.
He was director of the Institute of Tribology from 1967 to 1986.[1] He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1992.[2] The Duncan Dowson prizse is named for him.[3]
Works
- Duncan Dowson, Gordon Robert Higginson, Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication J. F. Archand, 1966; 2 edn, 1977
- History of Tribology Longman, 1979, ISBN 9780582447660; Wiley, 1998, ISBN 9781860580703
- Biomechanics of Joints and Joint Replacements (1981)
- Ball Bearing Lubrication (1981)
- Advances in medical tribology, Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1998, ISBN 9781860580697
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