Predicting fretting-fatigue endurance of rotating bending shrink-fitted assemblies using a sequential RUIZ-SWT approach: The effect of entrapped debris layer

Fretting-fatigue damage often appears in shaft shrink-fitted assemblies submitted to rotating bending. This paper focuses on the influence of the sleeve edge geometry on such damage. Rotating bending tests have been performed and broken and unbroken specimens have been expertized confirming fretting-fatigue phenomena. A 3D finite element method model was developed to evaluate the sliding and opening lengths. A sequential tribological - fatigue stress analysis strategy allowed the prediction of the maximum crack location ( Ruiz criterion) then the estimation of the fatigue endurance of the assembly using the SWT criterion. The last step of this σ_SWTX_Γmaxapproach considers the presence of a debris layer within the contact to improve the consistency of the service life prediction.