A Voronoi finite element study of fatigue life scatter in rolling contacts

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Jalalahmadi, Behrooz ^a   Sadeghi, Farshid ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing life; Contact stresses; Material microstructure; Numerical simulation; Rolling contact fatigue; Voronoi finite element method

Indexed keywords

BEARING LIFE; CONTACT STRESS; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; VORONOI; VORONOI FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRICTION; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHEAR STRESS; STEEL METALLURGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70350211257     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3063818     Document Type: Article

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