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Title: Ceramic materials for rolling element bearing applications

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:160879

Advanced ceramics, silicon nitride ceramics in particular, offer the potential for significant performance increases in rolling element bearings. This chapter reviews the properties of candidate ceramic materials relevant to rolling element bearing performance. The behavior of fully dense silicon nitride for a variety of bearing performance factors including rolling contact fatigue, lubrication behavior, and failure mode is reviewed. Processing advances are briefly described, and experience in actual applications is discussed. (MM).

Research Organization:
Army Research Lab., Watertown, MA (United States)
OSTI ID:
160879
Report Number(s):
AD-A-297304/8/XAB; ARL-TR-751; TRN: 53380326
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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