Numerical calculation of bending fatigue life of thin-rim spur gears

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 4-6, 2004, Pages 647-656

  Kramberger, J ^a   Sraml M ^a   Potrc I ^a   Flasker J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bending fatigue; Crack initiation; Fatigue crack growth; Life prediction; Mechanical elements; Numerical modelling; Thin rim gears

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPUR GEARS;

CYCLIC LOADING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BENDING; FATIGUE; GEAR; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; LIFE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345581229     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(03)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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