Material wear and fatigue in wind turbine Systems

Wear

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1583-1591

  Greco, A ^a   Sheng, S ^b   Keller, J ^b   Erdemir, A ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial cracks; Bearing failure; Fatigue; Gearbox; White etching area; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRACKS; BEARING FAILURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEARBOX; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WHITE ETCHING AREAS; WIND TURBINE GEARBOXES;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ETCHING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRETTING CORROSION; LOADING; MAINTENANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84879188451     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2013.01.060     Document Type: Article

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