Increased surface fatigue lives of spur gears by application of a coating

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1047-1054

  Krantz, Timothy ^a   Cooper, Clark ^b   Townsend, Dennis ^c   Hansen, Bruce ^d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Townsend Engineering   (United States)

^d SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBURIZING; COATINGS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; HEAT TREATMENT; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING;

GEARBOXES; HARD COATINGS; SURFACE FATIGUE LIVES;

SPUR GEARS;

EID: 15444376919     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1799651     Document Type: Article

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