Ring crack propagation in silicon nitride under rolling contact

Wear

Volumn 250-251, Issue PART 1, 2001, Pages 282-292

  Wang, Y ^a   Hadfield, M ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Crack propagation; Rolling contact fatigue; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

RING CRACK PROPAGATION;

ROLLING;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACT; SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0035481982     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(01)00592-0     Document Type: Article

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