Following spur gear crack propagation in the tooth foot by finite element method

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-539

  Zouari, S ^a   Maatar, M ^a   Fakhfakh, T ^a   Haddar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Crack propagation path; Finite element method; Foot crack; Spur gear; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

BENDING FATIGUE; CRACK DEPTHS; CRACK POSITION; CRACK PROPAGATION PATH; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FOOT CRACK; FRACTURE FAILURE; GEAR GEOMETRY; LIFE SPAN; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUASI STATIC ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COUPLED CIRCUITS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEAR TEETH; SPUR GEARS; STATIC ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78649746031     PISSN: 15477029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11668-010-9395-y     Document Type: Review

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