Evaluation of the service life of gears in regard to surface pitting

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 4-6, 2004, Pages 429-438

  Glodez S ^a   Abersek B ^a   Flasker J ^a   Ren, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Gears; Numerical analysis; Pitting; Short crack growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PITTING; SERVICE LIFE;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS;

GEAR TEETH;

CORROSION; GEAR; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; LIFE ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PITTING CORROSION; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344287100     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(03)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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