The purpose of this paper is to describe the modern understanding of the contact fatigue phenomenon which occurs in different materials under various loading conditions. Part I presents experimental and theoretical knowledge of the influence of normal and factional contact and residual stresses on contact fatigue. It analyzes relationships between contact fatigue and material defects, inclusions, and lubricant contamination. Furthermore, it discusses crack initiation and crack propagation, the effect of material microstructure on contact fatigue life as well as some theoretical results for surface and subsurface cracks. Part II is devoted to reviewing the existing mathematical models of fatigue life for bearings and gears and to describing a new statistical model of contact fatigue based on contact and fracture mechanics. This new model is based on the assumptions derived from the analysis of the data presented in Part I.
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