Failure of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contacts

Numerical and experimental analysis

authored by: Che Wang, Fadi Aldakheel, Chuanwei Zhang, Le Gu, Peter Wriggers
Abstract: The thermal-induced failure mechanism of the bearing outer-ring guiding-surface is investigated within this work when subjected to cyclic impact and sliding actions. The paper combines numerical simulations and experimental analysis. A high-speed bearing oil interruption experiment is carried out for testing the severe damage of the bearing steel at high-speed impact-sliding contacts. A coupled thermo-elasto-plastic phase-field model is established and validated by experimental results. It then allows, by simulating the multi-physics problem, the predictions of damage propagation and failure for ductile materials at cyclic impact-sliding contacts. To this end, a temperature-dependent isotropic-kinematic hardening model combined with thermal softening, cyclic strain hardening, and damage degradation is employed. The results show that under high-speed cyclic impact-sliding conditions, the damage initiated and accumulated at the contact near-surface is accompanied by instantaneous high temperature and plastic deformation. The failure of bearing is induced by a strong thermal softening effect at high-speed sliding and rapidly propagated under cyclic impact loading. In addition, the impact velocity, impact frequency, and friction coefficient have significant effects on damage initiation and accumulation.
Organisation(s): Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics
Institute of Continuum Mechanics
External Organisation(s): Harbin Institute of Technology
Type: Article
Journal: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Volume: 253
ISSN: 0020-7403
Publication date: 01.09.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Science(all), Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108410 (Access: Closed)
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BibTeX

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title = "Failure of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contacts: Numerical and experimental analysis",
abstract = "The thermal-induced failure mechanism of the bearing outer-ring guiding-surface is investigated within this work when subjected to cyclic impact and sliding actions. The paper combines numerical simulations and experimental analysis. A high-speed bearing oil interruption experiment is carried out for testing the severe damage of the bearing steel at high-speed impact-sliding contacts. A coupled thermo-elasto-plastic phase-field model is established and validated by experimental results. It then allows, by simulating the multi-physics problem, the predictions of damage propagation and failure for ductile materials at cyclic impact-sliding contacts. To this end, a temperature-dependent isotropic-kinematic hardening model combined with thermal softening, cyclic strain hardening, and damage degradation is employed. The results show that under high-speed cyclic impact-sliding conditions, the damage initiated and accumulated at the contact near-surface is accompanied by instantaneous high temperature and plastic deformation. The failure of bearing is induced by a strong thermal softening effect at high-speed sliding and rapidly propagated under cyclic impact loading. In addition, the impact velocity, impact frequency, and friction coefficient have significant effects on damage initiation and accumulation.",
keywords = "Damage degradation, Experiment analysis, Impact-sliding, Phase-field method, Thermal softening",
author = "Che Wang and Fadi Aldakheel and Chuanwei Zhang and Le Gu and Peter Wriggers",
note = "Funding Information: The authors F. Aldakheel and P. Wriggers gratefully acknowledge support for this research by the “German Research Foundation” (DFG) in the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTER CRC 1153 within its second funding phase. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52175164 ). C. Wang would like to thank China Scholarship Council (No. 202006120162 ) for the financial support of studying aboard.",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108410",
language = "English",
volume = "253",
journal = "International Journal of Mechanical Sciences",
issn = "0020-7403",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
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