Combating fretting fatigue in the power generation industry

摘要: A brief article describes the use of S-N curves in establishing the important variables which can affect fretting fatigue in turbogenerators in the power generation industry. S-N curves are useful for grading material fretting performance and indicate material combinations which should be avoided. The S-N approach is also used to assess the use of palliatives to combat fretting fatigue and shot-peening can be particularly beneficial. (U.K.).