Numerical modelling of crack path in the lubricated rolling-sliding contact problems

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 880-891

  Glodez S ^a   Potocnik R ^a   Flasker J ^a   Zafosnik B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contact problems; Fatigue; Numerical analysis; Pitting

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PITTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRIBOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTACT PROBLEMS; CRACK PATH; LUBRICATED ROLLING-SLIDING CONTACT;

LUBRICANTS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; LUBRICANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PITTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRIBOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 36248936628     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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