Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-813-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-813-2025
Research article
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30 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2025

Load case selection for finite-element simulations of wind turbine pitch bearings and hubs

Matthias Stammler and Florian Schleich

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wes-2023-163', Jonathan Keller, 31 Jan 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Matthias Stammler, 06 Jan 2025
  • CC1: 'Comment on wes-2023-163', Patrick Müller, 10 Oct 2024
    • AC3: 'Reply on CC1', Matthias Stammler, 06 Jan 2025
    • AC4: 'Reply on CC1 - corrected', Matthias Stammler, 06 Jan 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on wes-2023-163', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Dec 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Matthias Stammler, 06 Jan 2025
  • EC1: 'Comment on wes-2023-163', Nikolay Dimitrov, 05 Dec 2024
    • AC5: 'Reply on EC1', Matthias Stammler, 06 Jan 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Matthias Stammler on behalf of the Authors (06 Jan 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Jan 2025) by Nikolay Dimitrov
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 Jan 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Jan 2025) by Nikolay Dimitrov
AR by Matthias Stammler on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (22 Jan 2025) by Nikolay Dimitrov
ED: Publish as is (28 Jan 2025) by Carlo L. Bottasso (Chief editor)
AR by Matthias Stammler on behalf of the Authors (13 Feb 2025)
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Short summary
The structures at the center of wind turbine rotors are loaded by three rotor blades. The rotor blades have different loads, which depend on their positions and the incoming wind. The number of possible different loads is too high to simulate each of them for later design of the structures. This work attempts to reduce the number of necessary simulations by exploring inherent relations between the loads of the three rotor blades.
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