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New Methodology to Evaluate the Rolling Contact Fatigue Performance of Bearing Steels With Surface Dents: Application to 32CrMoV13 (Nitrided) and M50 Steels

This engineering study developed a method to evaluate how surface dents affect rolling contact fatigue in bearing steels, using indentation testing and two-disk fatigue experiments to compare different steel alloys. This is an industrial engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2005 Journal of Tribology 43 citations
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Material Response to Rolling Contact Loading

This materials science study investigates how rolling contact in ball bearings causes microplastic deformation in steel, leading to crystallographic texture changes, residual stresses, and eventual fatigue failure. The term 'microplastic' in this paper refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals and has no connection to environmental plastic pollution.

1985 Journal of Tribology 187 citations
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A 3D Finite Element Model of Rolling Contact Fatigue for Evolved Material Response and Residual Stress Estimation

This engineering study developed a 3D finite element model for rolling contact fatigue in steel bearings to predict residual stress and material hardening. It is a mechanical engineering paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 Tribology Letters 17 citations
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Dynamic Processes of Substructural Rearrangement under Friction of Carbon Steel

This study examined how heat treatment affects the friction and wear properties of medium carbon steel, linking material microstructure to tribological performance. The research is focused on materials engineering with limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution or human health.

2023 Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal 1 citations
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Tribological Aspects of Rolling Bearing Failures

This review covers the tribology (friction and wear science) of rolling element bearings, discussing failure modes and how material fatigue drives bearing lifespan predictions. This mechanical engineering study has no relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2011 InTech eBooks 94 citations
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Influence of hard phase size and spacing on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels—Numerical simulation and experimental validation

Not relevant to microplastics research; this paper investigates how carbide size and spacing in tool steel microstructures affects fatigue crack growth rate, with no connection to plastic pollution.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 6 citations
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Study on Microstructure Evolution Mechanism of Gradient Structure Surface of AA7075 Aluminum Alloy by Ultrasonic Surface Rolling Treatment

Not a microplastics paper — this materials science study investigates how ultrasonic surface rolling treatment changes the grain structure of aluminum alloy surfaces at the nanoscale, improving strength and fatigue resistance for engineering applications.

2023 Materials 10 citations
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Effects of Pulsed Magnetic Fields of Different Intensities on Dislocation Density, Residual Stress, and Hardness of Cr4Mo4V Steel

This paper studied how pulsed magnetic fields affect the internal stress and hardness of a bearing steel alloy. While unrelated to microplastics, research on material durability is relevant to reducing wear-generated particles from industrial machinery, which can contribute to microplastic and metal particle pollution.

2020 Crystals 50 citations
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Investigation of Fatigue Damage of Tempered Martensitic Steel during High Cycle Fatigue and Very High Cycle Fatigue Loading Using In Situ Monitoring by Scanning Electron Microscope and High‐Resolution Thermography

This study examined how fatigue damage develops in martensitic steel under high-cycle loading, finding that heat treatment conditions affect the material's failure mechanisms. The research is focused on materials engineering and has limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 steel research international 9 citations
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On the effect of microplasticity on crack initiation from subsurface defects in rolling contact fatigue

Researchers used 3D elasto-plastic finite element modeling to numerically demonstrate how microplasticity — yielding behavior below the conventional 0.2% plastic strain threshold — can initiate cracks at subsurface voids in bearing steel under rolling contact fatigue loading. The study compared nonlinear kinematic hardening versus sharp plasticity onset models, showing that smoother onset produces distinctly different patterns of plastic strain and micro-residual stress accumulation around defects.

2022 International Journal of Fatigue 15 citations
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

Not relevant to microplastics — this paper investigates high cycle fatigue behavior of quenched-and-partitioned martensitic stainless steels, exploring how their complex retained-austenite microstructure affects fatigue fracture performance.

2023 Materials & Design 14 citations
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Shot Peening Effects on Subsurface Layer Properties and Fatigue Performance of Case‐Hardened 18CrNiMo7‐6 Steel

This engineering study examined how different shot peening treatments affect subsurface material properties and fatigue performance in case-hardened steel. It is a materials engineering paper with no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2018 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 16 citations
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Thermo‐based fatigue life prediction: A review

Not relevant to microplastics — this review covers thermography-based methods for predicting the fatigue life of metals under cyclic stress, with no connection to plastic pollution or environmental health.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 13 citations
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Surface Mechanical Properties and Topological Characteristics of Thermoplastic Copolyesters after Precisely Controlled Abrasion

This study characterized surface mechanical properties and texture changes in thermoplastic copolyesters after controlled abrasion testing. Understanding how polymer surfaces wear is relevant to microplastic generation, since mechanical abrasion of plastic products is a key pathway through which microplastics are released into the environment.

2023 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2 citations
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

This study examined the fatigue behavior of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels, finding that their complex microstructure affects how they fail under cyclic loading. This is a materials science paper with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Modification of Frictional Surfaces of Bearings by Addition of Nanoparticle Compositions to Lubricants

Researchers studied the effects of nanoparticle additive compositions in lubricating oils on changes to the frictional surface structure and tribological characteristics of a steel-to-steel friction pair, using scanning electron microscopy to analyze surfaces after step-loading fatigue tests.

2024 Bulletin of the National Technical University «KhPI» Series New solutions in modern technologies
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

This materials science study examined the fatigue behavior of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels, finding improved strength-ductility balance. This is a metallurgy paper with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Determination of energy dissipation during cyclic loading and its use to predict fatigue life of metal alloys

This paper is not about microplastics — it develops a mathematical method for predicting the fatigue life of metal alloys from energy dissipation during cyclic loading.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 7 citations
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Adjusting the very high cycle fatigue properties of a metastable austenitic stainless steel by means of the martensite content

This metallurgy study examined how pre-deforming stainless steel to introduce martensite phase changes its fatigue properties under very high cycle loading. This is a materials engineering study on metal alloys with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2010 Procedia Engineering 40 citations
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Direct Correlations among the Grain Size, Texture, and Indentation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel Coatings

Researchers studied how grain size affects the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline nickel coatings. This materials science paper is unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 32 citations
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Analysis of fatigue crack initiation in cyclic microplasticity regime

This engineering study analyzed how fatigue cracks begin in metals under cyclic loading, focusing on microscale stress and material defects. It is a materials science paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2019 International Journal of Fatigue 20 citations
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The influence of microstructure on the fatigue crack growth rate in marine steels in the Paris Region

This study examined how internal microstructure affects fatigue crack growth in marine-grade steel under seawater and air conditions, identifying three crack-influencing phenomena. The research pertains to offshore structural integrity and is not directly related to microplastics or human health.

2020 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 20 citations
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Probabilistic approach in high‐cycle multiaxial fatigue: volume and surface effects

This engineering paper developed a probabilistic framework for predicting fatigue limits in metals under complex multiaxial loading conditions by combining statistical modeling with microplasticity analysis. This is a mechanical engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2004 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 49 citations
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Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel under compressive stress: an investigation from macro to nano scale

This materials science study investigates how retained austenite in high-carbon steel behaves under compressive stress at both macro and nano scales, using electron microscopy and diffraction techniques. The research addresses industrial steel performance and has no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2016 Scientific Reports 97 citations