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...L. Houpert; F. Chevalier Rolling contact bearing life is calculated using stresses calculated at the surface and in the volume. Surface stresses account for profile and misalignment as well as asperity deformations. Sub-surface stresses are calculated beneath the asperities (for defining the life...

... 15 07 2009 24 09 2009 ball bearings failure analysis fatigue mechanical contact rolling rolling bearings rolling contact fatigue bearing life empirical models material microstructure Ball and roller bearings commonly referred to as bearings are frequently used...

... properties, and initial flaws on rolling contact fatigue can be studied. It has been shown experimentally that fatigue lives of bearings follow a Weibull distribution. Lundberg and Palmgren ( 27 ) used this observation to formulate their empirical bearing life theory. They considered the fact...

... bearing life crack initiation crack propagation One of the leading causes of failure in rolling element bearings is the phenomenon commonly known as rolling contact fatigue (RCF). RCF is a generic term used to denote fatigue failure in nonconformal rolling contacts subject to cyclic loading. RCF...

... exponent in Lundberg–Palmgren life equation N bearing life in number of stress cycles S probability of survival V stressed volume in bearing contact b half-width of Hertzian contact c stress-life exponent in Lundberg–Palmgren life equation...