Surface-initiated rolling contact fatigue of pearlitic and low carbon bainitic steels

Wear

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-144

  Su, X ^a   Clayton, P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Low carbon steels; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

BAINITE; CARBON STEEL; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LUBRICATION; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PEARLITE; ROLLING;

BAINITIC STEEL; CONTACT PRESSURE; MATERIAL CRACKING; PEARLITIC STEEL; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; WATER LUBRICATED CONDITIONS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

CARBON STEELS; CONTACT-ROLLING; FATIGUE;

EID: 0030239268     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06888-0     Document Type: Article

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