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Determination of rolling-element fatigue life from computer generated bearing tests
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Vlcek, Brian L. Hendricks, Robert C. Zaretsky, Erwin V. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | Two types of rolling-element bearings representing radial loaded and thrust loaded bearings were used for this study. Three hundred forty (340) virtual bearing sets totaling 31400 bearings were randomly assembled and tested by Monte Carlo (random) number generation. The Monte Carlo results were compared with endurance data from 51 bearing sets comprising 5321 bearings. A simple algebraic relation was established for the upper and lower L(sub 10) life limits as function of number of bearings failed for any bearing geometry. There is a fifty percent (50 percent) probability that the resultant bearing life will be less than that calculated. The maximum and minimum variation between the bearing resultant life and the calculated life correlate with the 90-percent confidence limits for a Weibull slope of 1.5. The calculated lives for bearings using a load-life exponent p of 4 for ball bearings and 5 for roller bearings correlated with the Monte Carlo generated bearing lives and the bearing data. STLE life factors for bearing steel and processing provide a reasonable accounting for differences between bearing life data and calculated life. Variations in Weibull slope from the Monte Carlo testing and bearing data correlated. There was excellent agreement between percent of individual components failed from Monte Carlo simulation and that predicted. |
| File Size | 1760977 |
| Page Count | 28 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030093532 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2z36s28m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Fatigue Tests Fatigue Life Ball Bearings Simulation Roller Bearings Thrust Bearings Monte Carlo Method Weibull Density Functions Confidence Limits Failure Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
