Rolling contact fatigue and wear fundamentals for rolling bearing diagnostics - State of the art

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-393

  Halme, J ^a   Andersson, P ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Diagnostics; Rolling bearings; Rolling contact fatigue; Wear

Indexed keywords

BEARING DIAGNOSTICS; BEARING LIFE; CONDITION-MONITORING DATA; CONTACT MECHANICS; LUBRICANT RHEOLOGY; LUBRICATION MECHANISM; MATERIAL PROPERTY; ROLLING BEARINGS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACTS; STATE OF THE ART; SURFACE DEGRADATION; TRIBOLOGICAL MECHANISM; WEAR PARTICLES;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); FRICTION; STEEL METALLURGY;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 77951139987     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET656     Document Type: Article

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