Contact stress and rolling contact fatigue of indented contacts: Part II, rolling element bearing life calculation and experimental data of indent geometries

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

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Biboulet, N ^a   Houpert, L ^b   Lubrecht, A A ^a   Hager, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Timken Europe   (France)

Author keywords

Bearing; Contact; Contamination; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Fatigue; Indent; Particle

Indexed keywords

BEARING LIFE; CONTACT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; INDENT; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING; SURFACE INDENTATIONS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CONTAMINATION; ENGINEERING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 84877854224     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: 2041305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350650112462955     Document Type: Article

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