An updated review: white etching cracks (WECs) and axial cracks in wind turbine gearbox bearings
MH Evans - Materials Science and Technology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
One of the prevalent failure modes in gearbox bearing raceways is white structure flaking …
Broad review of “White Etching Crack” failure in wind turbine gearbox bearings: Main factors and experimental investigations
FJ López-Uruñuela, B Fernández-Díaz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Subsurface crack networks surrounded by microstructural alterations, named as “White
Etching Cracks”(WEC), lead to wind turbine gearbox bearing (WTGB) premature failures …
Etching Cracks”(WEC), lead to wind turbine gearbox bearing (WTGB) premature failures …
[HTML][HTML] The origins of white etching cracks and their significance to rolling bearing failures
Presence of white etching cracks has been widely associated with early failures of rolling
bearings in a number of applications, with wind turbine gearbox bearings being the most …
bearings in a number of applications, with wind turbine gearbox bearings being the most …
Under-stoichiometric cementite in decomposing binary Fe-C pearlite exposed to rolling contact fatigue
In this study, we investigate the fundamentals of deformation-driven cementite
decomposition during rolling contact fatigue in a binary Fe-0.74 C (wt.%) steel with pearlitic …
decomposition during rolling contact fatigue in a binary Fe-0.74 C (wt.%) steel with pearlitic …
Confirming subsurface initiation at non-metallic inclusions as one mechanism for white etching crack (WEC) formation
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 …
bearings causes a premature wear failure mode called white structure flaking (WSF). The …
Rolling-sliding contact fatigue failure and associated evolutions of microstructure, crystallographic orientation and residual stress of AISI 9310 gear steel
In the present study, rolling-sliding contact fatigue (RSCF) failures of AISI 9310 gear steel
were analyzed systematically, in terms of characterizing the fatigue life, evolution of …
were analyzed systematically, in terms of characterizing the fatigue life, evolution of …
The role of size and volume fraction of carbides on hydrogen embrittlement and white etching areas formation in bearing steel under dynamic loading
Despite of more than two decades of research in white etching areas (WEAs), this
phenomenon still persists in wind turbine gearbox bearings leading to a reduction of L 10 …
phenomenon still persists in wind turbine gearbox bearings leading to a reduction of L 10 …
The evolution of white etching cracks (WECs) in rolling contact fatigue-tested 100Cr6 steel
The formation of white etching cracks (WECs) in steel rolling element bearings can lead to
the premature rolling contact fatigue (RCF) failure mode called white structure flaking …
the premature rolling contact fatigue (RCF) failure mode called white structure flaking …
Investigating the process of white etching crack initiation in bearing steel
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 …
within wind turbine gearbox bearings. Though WECs have been reported in the field for over …
The influence of sliding and contact severity on the generation of white etching cracks
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 …
failure for bearings within wind turbine gearboxes. Though WECs have been observed in …