Rolling bearing steels - A technical and historical perspective

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-69

  Zaretsky, E V ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing steels; History; Metallurgy, 52100

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINES; ALLOY ELEMENT; BEARING LIFE; BEARING MATERIALS; BEARING STEELS; CARBURISING; COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS; CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL; GRAIN SIZE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LUBRICATION TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; RETAINED AUSTENITE; ROLLING BEARING LIFE; ROLLING BEARING STEEL; STEEL HARDNESS; STEEL PROCESSING; VACUUM PROCESSING;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CARBIDES; GAS TURBINES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HISTORY; MANUFACTURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

STEEL METALLURGY;

EID: 84855472949     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743284711Y.0000000043     Document Type: Article

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