A Study on Decisive Early Stages in White Etching Crack Formation Induced by Lubrication

The reliability of rolling bearings is affected by white etching crack (WEC) or white structure flaking (WSF) failures, causing tremendous commercial burdens for bearing manufacturers and operators. The research for the underlying failure mechanism has attracted interest from a large scientific comm...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Wranik, Walter Holweger, Tarek Lutz, Philipp Albrecht, Benedikt Reichel, Ling Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Lubricants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/10/5/96