摘要 |
There is provided a method and apparatus for designing a rolling bearing provided with components including rolling elements, an outer ring, and an inner ring which come into contact with each other. First, it is determined whether or not adiabatic shear bands have a potential for occurrence within at least one of the components, due to the fact that stress is applied to the components, thus causing high deformation rates in the at least one of the components to cause an unstable plastic phenomenon that brings about an adiabatic shear deformation state within the at least one of the components. Then an estimation is made if brittle flaking resulting from the adiabatic shear bands has a potential for occurrence within the at least one of the components, when it is determined that the adiabatic shear bands have a potential for occurrence. |