Micropitting of bearings and gears in aviation: history of topic and proposed methods
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Document the aviation industry interest in oil formulation influence on micropitting wear by reviewing SAE E34 presentations on surface initiated fatigue wear theory and attempts to develop a practical screening test for micropitting propensity.
Rationale: The Aviation Propulsion Lubricants stakeholders have expressed interest in the decade since 2010 on the need to understand the surface initiating fatigue wear process called micropitting. A number of presentations and proposed methods to determine the influence on oil formulation to micropitting have been made to the SAE E34 committee. A review document was determined necessary to document the material and efforts that have come from these efforts.
