A review of rolling contact fatigue

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Sadeghi, Farshid ^a   Jalalahmadi, Behrooz ^a   Slack, Trevor S ^a   Raje, Nihar ^a   Arakere, Nagaraj K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing life; Empirical models; Material microstructure; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

BEARING LIFE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FATIGUE LIFE; INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY; LIFE MODELS; MAIN MODE; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MODELING APPROACH; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RELATIVE MOTION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; MACHINERY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; STEEL METALLURGY;

BALL BEARINGS;

EID: 77949810196     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3209132     Document Type: Article

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