Determination of turboprop reduction gearbox system fatigue life and reliability

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-516

  Zaretsky, Erwin V ^a   Lewicki, David G ^a   Savage, Michael ^b   Vlcek, Brian L ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gearbox Life Prediction; Gearing; Monte Carlo Analysis; Probabilistic Life Analysis; Rolling Element Bearings; Weibull Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006552623     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000701613799     Document Type: Article

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