Pitting life prediction based on a 3D line contact mixed EHL analysis and subsurface von Mises stress calculation

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Zhu, Dong ^a   Ren, Ning ^b   Wang, Q Jane ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact fatigue; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL); Failure analysis; Gear failures; Gear lubrication; Life prediction; Mixed lubrication; Pitting

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FATIGUE; CONTACT FATIGUES; GEAR FAILURE; GEAR LUBRICATION; LIFE PREDICTIONS; MIXED LUBRICATION;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DESIGN; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FORECASTING; PITTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 77955265704     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3195040     Document Type: Article

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