Slewing bearings for large-scale wind turbine generator system (WTGS) are critical
components to achieve optimum aerodynamic power capture by adjusting the nacelle and …

In complex marine environments, pitch bearings are more prone to crack initiation,
propagation, and evolution, which leads to contact fatigue problems. Accurately identifying …

The subject of the paper is numerical tests of the contact of a pair of elements joined with a
bolt and externally loaded with an arbitrary force. In the modeling, non-linear phenomena …

In this paper, the mechanical models of large-scale double row slewing ball bearing
considering combined loading conditions were presented based on the rigid rings and …

Slewing bearings are one of the most important elements in the vast majority of large-size
machines. They are widely used in the mining industry: tunnel cutters, bucket excavators …

The yaw bearing is a key support structure of wind turbines and is often exposed to
substantial complex loads that cause damage and fatigue failure. Raceway surfaces …

Pitch bearings are key components for the pitch system of wind turbines, and their reliability
is closely associated with normal operation of wind turbines. In this paper, to solve the low …

Three-row roller slewing bearings are large and often exposed to quite complex loads. The
raceway surface is hardened to improve its carrying capacity. An inadequate hardened …

Several analytical models have been proposed to estimate the load distribution and the
deformation of slewing bearing assemblies in wind turbine generators (WTGs). Even though …

The paper attempts to analyze the phenomena in the contact zone of a four-point single-row
slewing bearing. Contact angle of slewing bearings changes over a substantial range. The …