Abstract: Dents in elasto-hydrodynamic lubricated (EHL) contacts will initiate spalls and shorten the fatigue life significantly. Experimental results are provided from a ball-on-rod rolling contact fatigue ...

Abstract: Inclusions are the primary sites for subsurface fatigue crack initiation in bearing contacts. To understand the mechanisms of subsurface crack nucleation under contact loading, a detailed description ...

Abstract: Fatigue lives of rolling element bearings exhibit a wide scatter due to the statistical nature of the mechanisms responsible for the bearing failure process. Life models that account for this ...

Abstract: Inclusions are common in bearing materials and are a primary site for subsurface fatigue crack initiation in rolling element bearings. This paper presents a new approach for computing the ...

Abstract: In this study the effect of water as a contaminant in lubricated contacts was analytically and experimentally investigated. A steel ball on glass disc apparatus was used to measure lubricant ...