EFFECT OF SEAWATER ON THE FATIGUE LIFE AND FAILURE DISTRIBUTION OF FLOOD-LUBRICATED ANGULAR CONTACT BALL BEARINGS

Reductions in rolling contact fatigue life as high as 80% were observed during flood-lubricated angular-contact ball bearing studies when 1% by volume of seawater was added to various lubricants as a contaminant. The lubricants investigated were of different chemical and physical classes and included mineral oils, triaryl phosphate, and two recently developed mineral-oil-base seawater-emulsifying hydraulic fluids of different viscosities. A shift in failure distribution, from ball failures to inner and outer race failures, is observed when seawater is added.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Lubricating Engineers

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  Park Ridge, IL  United States  60068
• Authors:
  • Felsen, I M
  • McQuaid, R W
  • Marzani, J A
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 8-17
• Serial:
  • American Society of Lubricating Engineers-Transactions
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Lubricating Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Contaminants; Lubrication; Mechanical failure; Research
• Old TRIS Terms: Bearing failure; Bearing lubrication
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039790
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1973 12:00AM