Predicting Depth and Path of Subsurface Crack Propagation at Gear Tooth Flank under Cyclic Contact Loading

Subject Areas : Engineering

H Heirani ¹ , Kh Farhangdoost ²

1 - Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2017-06-22 Accepted : 2017-08-20 Published : 2017-09-01

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