Effect of rolling bearing refurbishment and restoration on bearing life and reliability

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-44

  Zaretsky, Erwin V ^a   Branzai, Emanuel V ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Bearing Inspection Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing life; Bearing rework; Life prediction; Rolling element bearings

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ROLLING; BEARING CAPACITY; LIFE CYCLE; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

LIFE ANALYSIS; REFURBISHMENT; ROILING-ELEMENT BEARINGS;

BEARING CAPACITY; ROLLER BEARINGS;

ROLLING BEARING;

BEARING LIFE; BEARING REWORK; LIFE PREDICTION; ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARINGS;

EID: 13844317408     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05698190590893143     Document Type: Article

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