Rolling contact fatigue in Rolling element Bearings for wind turbine: A focus on White Etching Cracks

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 268-270

  Ruellan, A ^a,b   Ville, F ^a   Kleber, X ^b   Arnaudon, A ^c   Liatard, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c SNR ROULEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrogen charging; Premature flaking; Rolling contact fatigue; White etching cracks; Wind turbine bearings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896473976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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