Publication detail
Importance of Acoustic Emission Method in Evaluation of Durability of Rolling Contact
NOHÁL, L. KOMENDA, L. DVOŘÁČEK, J. MAZAL, P.
Czech title
Význam metody akustické emise při hodnocení trvanlivosti valivých kontaktů
English title
Importance of Acoustic Emission Method in Evaluation of Durability of Rolling Contact
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original abstract
Rolling-element bearings are reliable and widely used mechanical components whose life is in the case of correct operating conditions and compliance with the mounting procedures limited only by rolling contact fatigue. In the final stage, the rolling contact fatigue on surface of bearing race resulted in formation of pitting or spalling. This is influenced by many factors: homogeneity and structure of the material, lubricant properties, contact pressure, surface quality, etc. Conducting an endurance test series on full-scale bearings is expensive because numerous test specimens are required to obtain useful experimental life estimation. The flat washer tests allow obtaining in a short time and cheaper the information about durability of material under testing. The life of tested material is commonly determined by vibrodiagnostics. However this method detects only final stage of rolling contact fatigue – pitting and processes during the test are not adequately described. This paper deals with the processes before the onset of the final damage on the surface of the specimen during testing under different conditions (material and lubricant properties) using acoustic emission method. It can be concluded that method of acoustic emission is able to describe changes during rolling contact tests better than vibrodiagnostics and temperature monitoring.
Czech abstract
Tento článek přínáší informace o přínosech metody akustické emise pro zkoušky trvanlivosti valivých kontaktů.
English abstract
Rolling-element bearings are reliable and widely used mechanical components whose life is in the case of correct operating conditions and compliance with the mounting procedures limited only by rolling contact fatigue. In the final stage, the rolling contact fatigue on surface of bearing race resulted in formation of pitting or spalling. This is influenced by many factors: homogeneity and structure of the material, lubricant properties, contact pressure, surface quality, etc. Conducting an endurance test series on full-scale bearings is expensive because numerous test specimens are required to obtain useful experimental life estimation. The flat washer tests allow obtaining in a short time and cheaper the information about durability of material under testing. The life of tested material is commonly determined by vibrodiagnostics. However this method detects only final stage of rolling contact fatigue – pitting and processes during the test are not adequately described. This paper deals with the processes before the onset of the final damage on the surface of the specimen during testing under different conditions (material and lubricant properties) using acoustic emission method. It can be concluded that method of acoustic emission is able to describe changes during rolling contact tests better than vibrodiagnostics and temperature monitoring.
Keywords in Czech
Akustická emise; kontaktní únava; pitting; ložisko; zkouška plochého vzorku
Keywords in English
Acoustic Emission (AE), rolling contact fatigue, pitting, bearing, flat washer test
RIV year
2014
Released
06.10.2014
Publisher
VUT v Brně
Location
Brno
ISBN
978-80-214-5018-9
Book
XIth European conference on NDT
Edition number
1
Pages from–to
1–5
Pages count
5
BIBTEX
@inproceedings{BUT109839,
author="Libor {Nohál} and Lukáš {Komenda} and Jiří {Dvořáček} and Pavel {Mazal},
title="Importance of Acoustic Emission Method in Evaluation of Durability of Rolling Contact",
booktitle="XIth European conference on NDT",
year="2014",
month="October",
pages="1--5",
publisher="VUT v Brně",
address="Brno",
isbn="978-80-214-5018-9"
}