The influence of ring crack location on the rolling contact fatigue failure of lubricated silicon nitride: Experimental studies

Wear

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 157-166

  Wang, Y ^a   Hadfield, M ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rolling contact fatigue; Silicon nitride; Surface ring crack

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOAD TESTING; LUBRICATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEEL TESTING;

DYE-PENETRANT TECHNIQUE; HERTZ CONTACT PRESSURE; ROLLING CONTACT TESTS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

CRACK; CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE; SILICON NITRIDE; WEAR;

EID: 0034253212     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(00)00435-X     Document Type: Article

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