Rolling contact fatigue calculation of a three-row  roller pitch bearing in a wind turbine

Menck, Oliver; Schleich, Florian; Stammler, Matthias

doi:10.5194/wes-10-2771-2025

Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-2771-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-2771-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

Research article

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27 Nov 2025

Research article |

| 27 Nov 2025

Rolling contact fatigue calculation of a three-row roller pitch bearing in a wind turbine

Oliver Menck, Florian Schleich, and Matthias Stammler

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Short summary

The paper discusses how to calculate the life of a blade bearing that is a roller bearing, as opposed to ball bearings, which most papers on the subject discuss. The raceway fatigue life of the bearing is calculated in a very detailed manner. This includes a validated finite-element simulation model and an approach to determine loads for all operating conditions that the wind turbine experiences.