Fatigue life reduction of roller bearings due to debris denting: Part I - Theoretical modeling

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-204

  Ai, Xiaolan ^a   Nixon, Harvey P ^a  

^a TIMKEN COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication; Fatigue Life; Lubricant Shear

Indexed keywords

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LUBRICANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

DEBRIS DENTING; LIFE REDUCTION FACTOR; SURFACE INDENTATION;

ROLLER BEARINGS;

BEARING; DAMAGE; FATIGUE; LIFE ASSESSMENT; LIFE PREDICTION; MODELING;

EID: 0033627516     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000008982329     Document Type: Article

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