1 Introduction Surface roughness is a critical parameter for gears operating under a variety of conditions. It directly influencesfrictionandcontacttemperature,andthereforehasanimpactonvariousfailuremodessuchas macropitting, micropitting,...
Introduction The high-cycle fatigue (HCF) properties of metallic materials made by additive manufacturing (AM) have received considerable recent interest (Ref...
INTRODUCTION Isotropic Superfinish (ISF*) technology applied to gears has become the benchmark for surface finishing of rotorcraft gearing. The performance...
Background Wind turbine gears experience several types of repairable damage including micropitting or “gray staining”, abrasive wear, foreign object damage...