"this work consists of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a work that includes multiple parts or components, such as a research paper or project. For example, "This work consists of a literature review, a theoretical analysis, and a series of empirical experiments."
This work consists of bones made of wood and plaster, and covered with aluminum leaf.
Essentially this work consists of arrangements of Italian Baroque pieces by Pergolesi, or so Stravinsky thought.
The power plant analyzed in this work consists of a selective solar collector thermal engine combination.
The membrane reactor in this work consists of a porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane with deposited Ru catalyst particles.
The zeolite Beta used in this work consists of nanosized crystallites (20 30 nm) aggregates, determined by HRTEM analysis.
The developed algorithm in this work consists of two parts: (i) uncertainty assessment using Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST).
The research sample in this work consists of data on energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the United States.
This work consists of an extensive study of soil properties and floristic composition of the Paraguayan Chacoan forests.
The major part of this work consists of the development of different linear and non-linear control architectures.
The scope of this work consists of a modification to our previous modeling of fluid confinement in cylindrical pores based on cubic equations of state.
A meditation on Venice, this work consists of projected black-and-white images of the upper stories of Venetian palazzos shot from odd, unglamorous angles; each is accompanied by an eccentric geometric shape rendered in charcoal directly on the wall.
