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  • Open Access
12 Citations
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3 October 2020

This paper presents a new model for calculation of load for the most loaded rolling element in a rolling bearing with internal radial clearance. The calculation is based on a so-called load factor. By multiplying this factor by the value of the exter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bearing Fault Detection and Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,779 Views
21 Pages

12 November 2022

One of the most important factors influencing the study of the tribological behaviour of a rolling bearing is the calculation of the loads transmitted by individual rolling elements of the bearing. However, the calculation of the internal load distri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Characteristics of Bearing System)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,363 Views
22 Pages

6 May 2021

Several studies on asymmetric rolling processes use the Finite Element Method (FEM) to predict material deformation and optimize process parameters, such as rolls’ forces and torques. Early studies focused on the observation and measure of curvature...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of FEM-Simulation in Metal Forming)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,852 Views
15 Pages

Optimization and Finite Element Simulation of Wear Prediction Model for Hot Rolling Rolls

  • Xiaodong Zhang,
  • Zizheng Li,
  • Boda Zhang,
  • Jiayin Wang and ,
  • Sahal Ahmed Elmi and
  • Zhenhua Bai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 April 2025

Roll wear significantly affects production efficiency and product quality in hot-rolled strip steel manufacturing by reducing roll lifespan and impeding the control of strip shape. This study addresses these challenges through a comprehensive analysi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal Rolling Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,681 Views
13 Pages

26 January 2018

Limited by the deficiency of the finite element method (FEM) to deal with infinite domain problems, the traditional FEM rolling model is not suitable enough to study the effect of the complex internal stress of the incoming strip on hot rolling defor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,540 Views
20 Pages

Design and Experimental Validation of Compliant Rolling-Contact Element (CORE) Bearings

  • Adam Rose,
  • Spencer Stowell,
  • Eli Francom,
  • Audrey Christiansen and ,
  • Nathan Usevitch and
  • Larry L. Howell
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The compliant rolling-contact element (CORE) bearing is a compliant mechanism similar to a planetary gear that provides customizable rotational torque while maintaining high radial stiffness, enabling it to simultaneously function as a parallel elast...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,127 Views
16 Pages

A Study on the Modeling Method of Cage Slip and Its Effects on the Vibration Response of Rolling-Element Bearing

  • Ya Luo,
  • Wenbing Tu,
  • Chunyu Fan,
  • Lu Zhang and ,
  • Yudong Zhang and
  • Wennian Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 March 2022

Rolling-element bearings play vital roles in the dynamic vibration performance of the whole machinery. Hence, accurate modeling and assessment of the rolling-element bearing are beneficial for the well understanding of the vibration response of rolli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Designing, Measuring and Control for Frontier Instrument and Equipment)
  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
9,966 Views
33 Pages

18 July 2024

Bearing component damage contributes significantly to rotating machinery failures. It is vital for the rotor-bearing system to be in good condition to ensure the proper functioning of the machine. Over recent decades, extensive research has been devo...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,766 Views
16 Pages

15 November 2017

Due to the noise accompanied with rolling element bearing fault signal, it can reduce the accuracy of faulty diagnoses. In order to improve the robustness of a faulty diagnosis, this study proposed a fault diagnosis model based on modified local line...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,489 Views
22 Pages

27 October 2024

In the roll bending process, the rolling force acting on the roller shafts is one of the most important parameters since, on the one hand, it determines the process settings including the pre-loading, and, on the other hand, its distribution and size...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Forming Technologies, Mechanical Performance and Structural Properties of Metallic Materials and Alloys)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
781 Views
5 Pages

Design and Modeling of the Rolling Process Using Finite Element Method

  • Sigiet Haryo Pranoto,
  • Juan Pratama and
  • Doddy Dwi Apriyanto

In this study, the three-dimensional modeling and numerical simulation of the rolling process were carried out based on the Finite Element Method (FEM). This study analyzes von Mises stress distribution, maximum strain, and deformation patterns of th...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 9th Mechanical Engineering, Science and Technology International Conference (MEST 2025))
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,667 Views
16 Pages

16 November 2021

Cold rolling is widely employed in the manufacturing industry for the production of metal plates. In the cold rolling process, the thickness reduction of the metal plate under the recrystallization temperature generates severe anisotropy; this influe...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,266 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of Kinematics and Dynamics of Rolling Ring Based on Finite Element Method

  • Haihong Wu,
  • Chengshan Liu,
  • Zhiyuan Qian,
  • Xiao Kang and
  • Huiqun Liu

The working performance of the conductive rolling ring has a crucial impact on the overall energy security and on-orbit life of a satellite. To ensure the real-time transmission of signal and current, it is necessary to control the motion pattern of...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,541 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2017

Varying speed conditions bring a huge challenge to incipient fault detection of rolling element bearings because both the change of speed and faults could lead to the amplitude fluctuation of vibration signals. Effective detection methods need to be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Health Monitoring for Aerospace Applications 2017)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,012 Views
36 Pages

26 December 2025

With the advancement of welding technology, the demand for 70S-6 welding wire steel has steadily increased in industries such as construction, automotive, pressure vessels, and line pipe manufacturing. To optimize the production process of the target...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Welding and Joining of Alloys and Steel)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,673 Views
16 Pages

29 July 2024

In this study, the crystal plasticity finite element method was established by coupling the crystal plasticity and finite element method (FEM). The effect of rolling deformation and slip system of polycrystalline Al-Mg-Si aluminum alloy was investiga...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,215 Views
19 Pages

25 April 2024

The emergence of electric vehicles has brought new issues such as the problem of rolling element bearings (REBs) operating at high speeds. Losses due to these components in mechanical transmissions are a key issue and must therefore be taken into acc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
87 Citations
6,414 Views
23 Pages

Rolling-Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Improved LeNet-5 Network

  • Lanjun Wan,
  • Yiwei Chen,
  • Hongyang Li and
  • Changyun Li

18 March 2020

To address the problems of low recognition accuracy, slow convergence speed and weak generalization ability of traditional LeNet-5 network used in rolling-element bearing fault diagnosis, a rolling-element bearing fault diagnosis method using improve...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,430 Views
35 Pages

12 May 2023

In this paper, a comparison of signal analysis techniques for the diagnostics of rolling element bearings is carried out. Specifically, the comparison is performed in terms of fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis techniques with regards to the fi...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,286 Views
20 Pages

29 September 2019

This study delineates a novel finite element model to consider a pattern of process parameters affecting the forward slip in micro flexible rolling, which focuses on the thickness transition area of the rolled strip with thickness in the micrometre r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Failure Mechanisms in Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,687 Views
13 Pages

Finite Element Analysis of Damage Evolution of Solid Lubrication Film in Rolling–Sliding Contact

  • Peng Lv,
  • Changling Tian,
  • Yujun Xue,
  • Yongjian Yu and ,
  • Haichao Cai and
  • Yanjing Yin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Based on the cohesive zone model (CZM), a finite element model of the film–substrate bearing system in the rolling–sliding contact state is established. Through analyzing the normal and tangential bearing states of the film–substrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
175 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Pavement Surface Texture and Interfacial Friction on Tire Rolling Resistance: A Finite Element Study

  • Quanjun Shen,
  • Xiaodong Zhou,
  • Fusen Zheng,
  • Tianxiang Xie and ,
  • Shaojie Gao and
  • Dongliang Hu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2026

To investigate the effects of pavement textures and tire–pavement interfacial friction on tire rolling resistance, a three-dimensional tire–pavement rolling finite element model was developed considering flat, arc-shaped, triangular, and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Functional Materials and Evaluation Approaches for Infrastructure Renewal and Resilience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,784 Views
18 Pages

Failure Threshold Determination of Rolling Element Bearings Using Vibration Fluctuation and Failure Modes

  • Mehdi Behzad,
  • Sajjad Feizhoseini,
  • Hesam Addin Arghand,
  • Ali Davoodabadi and
  • David Mba

26 December 2020

One of the challenges in predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of rolling element bearings (REBs) is determining a proper failure threshold (FT). In the literature, the FT is usually assumed to be a constant value of an extracted feature from th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Condition Monitoring and Their Applications in Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,551 Views
25 Pages

Finite Element Modeling of Hot Rolling of 1075 Carbon Steel Process with Variable Cross Section

  • Karina Montemayor-de la Garza,
  • Patricia del Carmen Zambrano-Robledo,
  • Oscar Jesus Zapata-Hernandez and
  • Luis Adolfo Leduc-Lezama

20 December 2022

Currently, it is common to use steel poles for applications in livestock and agriculture. In this work, finite element analysis of five hot rolling passes for the manufacture of farm poles using 1075 carbon steels from recycled railway material was d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels - Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,315 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2014

Performance degradation assessment of rolling element bearings is vital for the reliable and cost-efficient operation and maintenance of rotating machines, especially for the implementation of condition-based maintenance (CBM). For robust degradation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exergy: Analysis and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,016 Views
22 Pages

28 August 2023

In the cold rolling process, edge cracks, particularly those near the welded zone, can inadvertently lead to strip rupture. This study employed the extended finite element method (XFEM) to analyze the crack propagation behavior in welded strip steel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,475 Views
15 Pages

Finite Element Analysis of Large Plastic Deformation Process of Pure Molybdenum Plate during Hot Rolling

  • Jiayu Han,
  • Quan Cheng,
  • Ping Hu,
  • Hairui Xing and ,
  • Shilei Li,
  • Songwei Ge,
  • Xingjiang Hua,
  • Boliang Hu,
  • Wen Zhang and
  • Kuaishe Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

3 January 2023

The rare molybdenum resources are being increasingly used in heavy industries. In this study, the common unidirectional and cross hot rolling operations, for pure molybdenum plates, were numerically simulated by using MSC. Marc software. An elastic&n...

(This article belongs to the Section Metal Matrix Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,207 Views
18 Pages

Fault Diagnosis for Abnormal Wear of Rolling Element Bearing Fusing Oil Debris Monitoring

  • Yulai Zhao,
  • Xiaowei Wang,
  • Shuo Han,
  • Junzhe Lin and
  • Qingkai Han

23 March 2023

The abnormal wear of a rolling element bearing caused by early failures, such as pitting and spalling, will deteriorate the running state and reduce the life. This paper demonstrates the importance of oil debris monitoring and its effective feature e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Sensor Information Fusion, Advanced Signal Analysis, and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
797 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Equipment Gap on Longitudinal Stiffness of Hot Strip Rolling Mill Based on Finite Element Simulation

  • Xiangyun Kong,
  • Lei Huang,
  • Jie Zhou,
  • Hainan He and ,
  • Dong Xu,
  • Bingji Li,
  • Pei Yan,
  • Xiaochen Wang,
  • Quan Yang and
  • Yuchun Xu
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

10 April 2026

Equipment wear and assembly clearances can change the longitudinal stiffness of hot strip mills and further affect roll-gap levelling accuracy and asymmetric strip profile control. In this study, the longitudinal stiffness of a 1580 mm four-high hot...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Industrial IoT-Enabled Modeling and Optimization for the Process Industry—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,754 Views
15 Pages

18 May 2017

According to non-stationary characteristic of the acoustic emission signal of rolling element bearings, a novel fault diagnosis method based on empirical wavelet transform (EWT) and ambiguity correlation classification (ACC) is proposed. In the propo...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,285 Views
26 Pages

15 March 2025

Modeling hot rolling remains a major challenge in computational solid mechanics. It demands the simultaneous consideration of geometric and material responses. Although the finite element method (FEM) is widely used, multi-pass simulations often trea...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,538 Views
16 Pages

27 October 2022

Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to separate and extract the composite fault features of rolling-element bearings, a composite fault diagnosis method combining robust local mean decomposition (RLMD), sparrow search algorithm (SSA), maximum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Performance-Oriented Evaluation, Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control Techniques for Industrial Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,158 Views
13 Pages

Finite Element-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of a New Inclined Oval Rolling Pass Geometry

  • Kairosh Nogayev,
  • Aman Kamarov,
  • Maxat Abishkenov,
  • Zhassulan Ashkeyev and ,
  • Nurbolat Sembayev and
  • Saltanat Kydyrbayeva
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 September 2025

A novel rolling scheme incorporating an inclined oval-caliber configuration is proposed to enhance plastic deformation mechanisms in the traditional oval–round rolling sequence. Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations were performed using DEFOR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,073 Views
15 Pages

Fault Diagnosis for a Bearing Rolling Element Using Improved VMD and HT

  • Haodong Liu,
  • Dongyan Li,
  • Yu Yuan,
  • Shengjie Zhang and ,
  • Huimin Zhao and
  • Wu Deng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

5 April 2019

The variational mode decomposition (VMD) method for signal decomposition is severely affected by the number of components of the VMD method. In order to determine the decomposition modal number, K, in the VMD method, a new center frequency method of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,834 Views
24 Pages

16 January 2025

A growing need to reduce the environmental impact and cost of manufacturing stainless steels has led to the development of ferritic stainless steel as an alternative to austenitic and duplex steels. The development of new stainless steels involves th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extreme Mechanics in Multiscale Analyses of Materials (Volume II))
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,285 Views
24 Pages

An Improved Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application on Fault Feature Extraction of Rolling Element Bearing

  • Guoping An,
  • Qingbin Tong,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Ruifang Liu and ,
  • Weili Li,
  • Junci Cao and
  • Yuyi Lin
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 February 2021

The fault diagnosis of rolling element bearing is of great significance to avoid serious accidents and huge economic losses. However, the characteristics of the nonlinear, non-stationary vibration signals make the fault feature extraction of signal b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,557 Views
23 Pages

8 March 2017

The properties of the time domain parameters of vibration signals have been extensively studied for the fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings (REBs). Parameters like kurtosis and Envelope Harmonic-to-Noise Ratio are the most widely applied in t...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,192 Views
21 Pages

Anomaly data detection is not only an important part of the condition monitoring process of rolling element bearings, but also the premise of data cleaning, compensation and mining. Aiming at the abnormal data segment detection of the vibration signa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Bearing Modeling, Fault Diagnosis, RUL Prediction)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,490 Views
17 Pages

15 July 2019

Components of rotating machines, such as shafts, bearings and gears are subject to performance degradation, which if left unattended could lead to failure or breakdown of the entire system. Analyzing condition monitoring data, implementing diagnostic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,099 Views
21 Pages

24 June 2023

Traditional methods for predicting remaining useful life (RUL) ignore the correlation between physical world data and virtual world data, leading to the low prediction accuracy of RUL and affecting the normal working of rolling element bearing (REB)....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Rolling Element Bearings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,349 Views
22 Pages

18 September 2021

The accurate localization of the rolling element failure is very important to ensure the reliability of rotating machinery. This paper proposes an efficient and anti-noise fault diagnosis model for rolling elements. The proposed model is composed of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling in Industrial Engineering and Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,548 Views
18 Pages

21 January 2019

This study presents a two-step fault diagnosis scheme combined with statistical classification and random forests-based classification for rolling element bearings. Considering the inequality of features sensitivity in different diagnosis steps, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,715 Views
27 Pages

Deep Rolling Process Modeling Using Finite Element Analysis in Residual Stress Measurement on Rail Head UIC860 Surface

  • Siwasit Pitjamit,
  • Wasawat Nakkiew,
  • Pinmanee Insua,
  • Adirek Baisukhan and
  • Pattarawadee Poolperm

2 December 2024

This study investigates the effects of deep rolling parameters, pressure, speed, and offset, on the residual stress distribution and material deformation in UIC 860 Grade 900A railway rails. We will model deep rolling to simulate the process and pred...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,478 Views
21 Pages

Multiband Envelope Spectra Extraction for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings

  • Jie Duan,
  • Tielin Shi,
  • Hongdi Zhou,
  • Jianping Xuan and
  • Yongxiang Zhang

8 May 2018

Bearing fault features are presented as repetitive transient impulses in vibration signals. Narrowband demodulation methods have been widely used to extract the repetitive transients in bearing fault diagnosis, for which the key factor is to accurate...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,017 Views
26 Pages

A Novel Compact Rolling Element Eccentric Planetary Gearbox Design for Lightweight and Backdrivable Wearable Robots Actuators

  • Riccardo Bezzini,
  • Simon Fritsch,
  • Giulia Bassani,
  • Carlo Alberto Avizzano and
  • Alessandro Filippeschi

22 August 2026

Wearable assistive exoskeletons require lightweight, compact, and backdrivable transmission systems with low output impedance to ensure safe and comfortable human–robot interaction. These efficient, modular actuators benefit from reduction mech...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nature-Inspired Intelligent Robotics: Soft Actuators, Magnetic Control, and AI for Biomedical Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,359 Views
19 Pages

Autocorrelation Ensemble Average of Larger Amplitude Impact Transients for the Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings

  • Lei Hu,
  • Yuandong Xu,
  • Fengshou Gu,
  • Jing He and ,
  • Niaoqing Hu and
  • Andrew Ball
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 December 2019

Rolling element bearings are one of the critical elements in rotating machinery of energy engineering systems. A defective roller of bearing moves in and out of the load zone during each revolution of the cage. Larger amplitude impact transients (LAI...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring Technologies for Assuring Asset Performances)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,811 Views
24 Pages

4 March 2022

Vibration analysis is an established method for fault detection and diagnosis of rolling element bearings. However, it is an expert oriented exercise. To relieve the experts, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques such as deep neural netw...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Fault Diagnosis & Sensors Section 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,845 Views
32 Pages

23 April 2025

Rolling element bearings (REBs) are vital in rotating machinery, making fault detection essential for optimal performance and system reliability. This study assesses the effectiveness of a simple convolutional neural network (SCNN) and a transfer lea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,485 Views
17 Pages

Prediction of Surface Wrinkle Defect of Welding Wire Steel ER70S-6 in Hot Bar Rolling Process Using Finite Element Method and Experiments

  • Qian Liu,
  • Yaqiang Tian,
  • Jinpo Zhai,
  • Lu Tian and ,
  • Liansheng Chen and
  • Liqing Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 November 2020

High quality products are demanded due to increasingly fierce market competition. In this paper, the generation of surface wrinkle defect of welding wire steel ER70S-6 was studied by the combination of the experimental method and finite element simul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,068 Views
28 Pages

7 May 2019

In order to extract and enhance the weak fault feature of rolling element bearings in strong noise conditions, the Empirical Wavelet Transform (EWT) is improved and a novel fault feature extraction and enhancement method is proposed by combining the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Damage Detection and Health Monitoring)

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