Comparison of life theories for rolling-element bearings

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Zaretsky, Erwin V ^a   Poplawski, Joseph V ^b   Peters, Steven M ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JV Poplawski and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Life prediction methods; Rolling element bearings; Rolling contact fatigue; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS-ROLLING; LIFE PREDICTION;

FRETTING FATIGUE; ROLLING BEARING;

DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPALLING; STRESS ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

LIFE THEORY; LUNDBERG-PALMGREN THEORY; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS;

EID: 0030111525     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009608983525     Document Type: Article

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