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Surface fatigue life of carburized and hardened M50NiL and AISI 9310 spur gears and rolling-contact test barsSpur gear endurance tests and rolling-element surface tests were conducted to investigate vacuum-induction-melted, vacuum-arc-melted (VIM-VAR) M50NiL steel for use as a gear steel in advanced aircraft applications, to determine its endurance characteristics, and to compare the results with those for standard VAR and VIM-VAR AISI 9310 gear material. Tests were conducted with spur gears and rolling-contact bars manufactured from VIM-VAR M50NiL and VAR and VIM-VAR AISI 9310. The gear pitch diameter was 8.9 cm (3.5 in.). Gear test conditions were an inlet oil temperature of 320 K (116 F), and outlet oil temperature of 350 K (170 F), a maximum Hertz stress of 1.71 GPa (248 ksi), and a speed of 10,000 rpm. Bench rolling-element fatigue tests were conducted at ambient temperatures with a bar speed of 12,500 rpm and a maximum Hertz stress of 4.83 GPA (700 ksi). The VIM-VAR M50NiL gears had a surface fatigue life that was 4.5 and 11.5 times that for VIM-VAR and VAR AISI 9310 gears, respectively. The surface fatigue life of the VIM-VAR M50NiL rolling-contact bars was 13.2 and 21.6 times that for the VIM-VAR and VAR AISI 9310, respectively. The VIM-VAR M50NiL material was shown to have good resistance to fracture through a fatigue spall and to have fatigue life far superior to that of both VIM-VAR and VAR AISI 9310 gears and rolling-contact bars.
Document ID
19890059734
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Townsend, Dennis P.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Bamberger, Eric N.
(General Electric Co. Cincinnati, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1989
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 89-2819
Accession Number
89A47105
Distribution Limits
Public
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