Fatigue crack growth prediction in specimens similar to spur gear teeth

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1171-1182

  Blarasin, A ^a   Guagliano, M ^b   Vergani, L ^b  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carburization; Crack propagation modelling; Finite element method; Residual stresses; Shot peening; Spur gears; Surface treatments; Weight function technique

Indexed keywords

CARBURIZING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; GEAR TEETH; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHOT PEENING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

WEIGHT FUNCTION TECHNIQUE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030689513     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb00321.x     Document Type: Article

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