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brinelling

brinelling noun: a material surface failure caused by contact stress that exceeds the material limit.

Noun

brinelling (uncountable)

  1. A material surface failure caused by contact stress that exceeds the material limit.
    • Few serious problems have been encountered with the six prototypes so far; one of which was foreseen, the brinelling of crankshaft bearings which spend much of their time at rest but under continuous vibration, has been overcome by ensuring that the diesel engines are run up to speed at least once...1963 April, “News and Comment: Electro-Diesel economics”, in Modern Railways, page 227

Origin of brinelling

From the Brinell scale devised by Johan August Brinell, + -ing.

Words formed from brinelling

Questions about brinelling

What does brinelling mean?
Brinelling means a material surface failure caused by contact stress that exceeds the material limit.
What part of speech is brinelling?
Brinelling is a noun.

Words near brinelling in the dictionary

  1. brined cheese
  2. Brinegar
  3. Brinegars
  4. brineless
  5. brinelled
  6. brinelling
  7. brineman
  8. brinemen
  9. briner
  10. briners
  11. Brinerville

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