Effect of hydrogen on butterfly and white etching crack (WEC) formation under rolling contact fatigue (RCF)

Wear

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 226-241

  Evans, M H ^a   Richardson, A D ^a   Wang, L ^a   Wood, R J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearings; Butterfly; Hydrogen embrittlement; Rolling contact fatigue; White etching cracks (WECs); White structure flaking (WSF)

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; INITIATION MECHANISM; NON-METALLIC INCLUSIONS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; TRANSIENT OPERATING CONDITION; WHITE ETCHING CRACKS (WECS); WHITE STRUCTURE FLAKING (WSF);

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CRACKS; ETCHING; FRICTION; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; STEEL TESTING;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84885944613     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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