... Stress (materials) Condition monitoring Steel Failure (mechanical) Bearings Barkhausen noise Steel microstructure Non‐destructive Bearings in field applications with high dynamic loading, e.g. wind energy plants, suffer from sudden failure initiated by subsurface material transformation...

... and estimation of residual stress formation and contains new findings. Bekir Yilbas can be contacted at: bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Lasers Stress (materials) Steel Surface treatment Surface modification through synthesis of nitrides...

... in EHD lubrication and is studied with regard to couple stress parameter. This paper helps to manufacture better bearings. R. Raghavendra Rao can be contacted at: rrrsvu@sify.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Stress (materials) Surface texture Lubrication Bearings Thin...

... W_kp^* is estimated by comparing the theoretical dependences with experimental data obtained for various kinds of wear of severed groups of metallic materials. Wear resistance Metals Alloys Stress (materials) Surface tension A structure‐energy model of material wear is proposed...

... Porous materials Slip Mechanical components Stress (materials) Fluids B bearing breadth f coefficient of friction f¯ non‐dimensional coefficient of friction F frictional force on the slider F non‐dimensional frictional force h film thickness...

..., l*=couple stress parameter l*=l/C L=length of the bearing R=radius of the journal © MCB UP Limited 2003 Surface texture Stress (materials) Lubrication Engine components W=load‐carrying capacity ω=angular...