Wind turbine main-bearing lubrication  – Part 1: An introductory review of  elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory

Hart, Edward; de Mello, Elisha; Dwyer-Joyce, Rob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1021-2022

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1021-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1021-2022

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Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

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17 May 2022

Review article |

| 17 May 2022

Wind turbine main-bearing lubrication – Part 1: An introductory review of elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory

Edward Hart, Elisha de Mello, and Rob Dwyer-Joyce

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Preprint (discussion started on 04 Oct 2021)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on wes-2021-92', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Oct 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wes.copernicus.org/preprints/wes-2021-92/wes-2021-92-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-92-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Edward Hart, 11 Jan 2022
  
  Please see attached supplement.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-92-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on wes-2021-92', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Dec 2021

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-92-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Edward Hart, 11 Jan 2022
  
  Please see attached supplement.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-92-AC2
AC3: 'Response to Editor', Edward Hart, 11 Jan 2022

Dear Amir,
Thank you for handling the submission of this paper. Both reviewers have provided excellent suggestions for improving this paper and we look forward to submitting a revised manuscript which incorporates their suggestions.
In order to allow us to fully address all comments, we request a decent amount of time to work on revisions. We would therefore suggest that these be treated as 'major corrections' with regards to the time allowed for preparation of the revised paper.
If any of our responses to reviewers need clarification, we'll be very happy to provide further information.
Best,
Edward Hart
(on behalf of co-authors)

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-92-AC3

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Edward Hart on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Mar 2022) by Amir R. Nejad

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Apr 2022)

ED: Publish as is (02 Apr 2022) by Amir R. Nejad

ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2022) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by Edward Hart on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2022) Manuscript

Short summary

This work provides an accessible introduction to elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory as a precursor to analysis of lubrication in a wind turbine main bearing. Fundamental concepts, derivations and formulas are presented, followed by the more advanced topics of starvation, non-steady effects, surface roughness interactions and grease lubrication.