The actual service life of wind turbine gearboxes is often well below the desired 20 years.
One of the prevalent failure modes in gearbox bearing raceways is white structure flaking …

Severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques such as laser shock peening (LSP) have been
widely adopted to modify microstructure of materials. Understanding the plastic deformation …

A microstructure-based integrated crystal plasticity (CP) and continuum damage mechanics
(CDM) model is proposed for simulating rolling contact fatigue (RCF). The damage process …

Bearings are vital components that are widely used in modern machinery. Although usually
manufactured with high-strength steels, bearings still suffer from rolling contact fatigue …

White etching crack (WEC) formation beneath the contact surface in steel rolling element
bearings causes a premature wear failure mode called white structure flaking (WSF). The …

Alternating shear stress is a critical factor in the accumulation of damage during rolling
contact fatigue, severely limiting the service life of bearings. However, the specific …

Severe plastic deformation leads to cementite decomposition in pearlitic and martensitic
alloys, resulting in high-strength nanocrystalline ferrite. This effect can be employed to …

White etching cracks (WECs) have been identified as a dominant mode of premature failure
within wind turbine gearbox bearings. Though WECs have been reported in the field for over …

White etching cracks (WECs) have been identified as the dominant mechanism of premature
failure for bearings within wind turbine gearboxes. Though WECs have been observed in …

Substantial microstructural changes, such as Dark Etching Region (DER), White Etching
Bands (WEBs) and White Etching Cracks (WECs), can occur in typical bearing steels such …