Rolling bearings working in oscillating applications often suffer from false brinelling and fretting corrosion that limit their service life. At present, the study of oscillation-induced failures is primarily dominated by a large number of sliding and bench tests. However, most of the previous work are not able to fully describe the two closely related but different failure mechanisms. In this study, the origin and evolution of the two failures are thoroughly investigated under strictly controlled oscillating rolling conditions. The results show that failure evolves from false brinelling to fretting corrosion under dry friction conditions regardless of the oscillation amplitude. This process is accompanied by a large area peeling and serious oxidation, and the oxygen content increases from 2.50 wt% to 21.22 wt%. Oxidation is a crucial factor in the evolution of false brinelling into fretting corrosion. However, the distribution of microwear and oxygen content depend on the oscillation amplitude. Under lubrication conditions, the friction coefficient (COF) is smaller in the initial stage and led to local slip or transient instability of rolling elements. Therefore, the size of the wear marks and COF increased and appeared to be larger than those under a dry friction condition. However, grease can separate the contact surfaces, only surface deformation owing to false brinelling and slight damage at the roughness level occurred. The evolution of false brinelling and fretting corrosion is also closely related to residual stress. False brinelling often occurrs with residual stress accomulation, meanwhile, the residual stress increases from 120 to 300 MPa. When peeling occurs, residual stress is released. The failure pattern transformed from false brinelling to fretting corrosion and is accompanied by oxidation. So far, none of investigation is able to show satisfactory evolution of oscillating-induced failures, this study may contribute to more scientific understanding of rolling bearings against long-run reciprocating oscillating wear.

在振动应用中工作的滚动轴承经常会出现假布氏压痕和微动腐蚀，从而限制了其使用寿命。目前，振动引起的失效研究主要以大量的滑动和台架试验为主。然而，以往的大部分工作都无法完全描述这两种密切相关但不同的失效机制。在这项研究中，在严格控制的振荡轧制条件下彻底研究了这两种故障的起源和演变。结果表明，在干摩擦条件下，无论振荡幅度如何，失效都会从假布氏压痕演变为微动腐蚀。这一过程伴随着大面积剥落和严重氧化，氧含量从2.50 wt%增加到21.22 wt%。氧化是假布氏现象演变为微动腐蚀的关键因素。然而，微磨损和氧含量的分布取决于振荡幅度。在润滑条件下，初始阶段摩擦系数（COF）较小，导致滚动体出现局部滑移或瞬态失稳。因此，磨损痕迹和COF的尺寸增加并且看起来比干摩擦条件下的磨损痕迹和COF更大。然而，油脂可以分离接触表面，仅发生由于假布氏压痕而导致的表面变形和粗糙度水平上的轻微损坏。假布氏硬度和微动腐蚀的演变也与残余应力密切相关。假性压痕常发生，残余应力积累，同时残余应力从120 MPa增加到300 MPa。当剥离发生时，残余应力被释放。失效模式从假布氏压痕转变为微动腐蚀，并伴有氧化。到目前为止，没有任何研究能够显示出振荡引起的故障的令人满意的演变，这项研究可能有助于更科学地理解滚动轴承对抗长期往复振荡磨损的能力。