A study of rolling-contact fatigue of bearing steel coated with physical vapor deposition TiN films: Coating response to cyclic contact stress and physical mechanisms underlying coating effect on the fatigue life

Wear

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-204

  Polonsky, I A ^a   Chang, T P ^b,c   Keer, L M ^a   Sproul, W D ^b,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d Sputtered Films Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue life of rolling bearings; Hard protective coatings; Rolling contact fatigue testing; Surface distress; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC COATINGS; COATED MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROTECTIVE COATINGS; ROLLER BEARINGS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE; FILM; ROLLING BEARING; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 0032029170     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(97)00256-1     Document Type: Article

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