Static and fatigue strengths of pre-cracked silicon nitride balls under pressure load

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-175

  Kida, Katsuyuki ^a   Kitamura, Kazuhisa ^b   Chiba, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamakawa, Koshiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JTEKT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ball; Fatigue strength; Silicon nitride; Static strength; Surface crack

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LOADS (FORCES); ROLLING; SERVOMECHANISMS; SILICON NITRIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONTACT STRESS; PRESSURE LOADS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF);

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 9644278377     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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