Optimized logarithmic roller crowning design of cylindrical roller bearings and its experimental demonstration

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 909-916

  Fujiwara, Hiroki ^a   Kobayashi, Takuji ^a   Kawase, Tatsuo ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuto ^b  

^a NTN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact Mechanics; Crowning; Cylindrical Roller Bearings; Logarithmic; Optimization; Rolling Contact Fatigue

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023971142     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2010.510619     Document Type: Article

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