A New Criterion for Predicting Rolling-Element Fatigue Lives of Through-Hardened Steels
Author(s) -
Jacques Chevalier,
E. V. Zaretsky,
R. J. Parker
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of lubrication technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2161-9522
pISSN - 0022-2305
DOI - 10.1115/1.3451808
Subject(s) - materials science , carbide , tempering , metallurgy , residual stress , residual , bearing (navigation) , composite material , mathematics , cartography , algorithm , geography
A carbide factor was derived based upon a statistical analysis which related rolling-element fatigue life to the total number of residual carbide particles per unit area, median residual carbide size, and percent residual carbide area. An equation was experimentally determined which predicts material hardness as a function of temperature. The limiting temperatures of all of the materials studied were dependent on initial room temperature hardness and tempering temperature. An equation was derived combining the effects of material hardness, carbide factor, and bearing temperature to predict rolling-element bearing life.
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