Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage

ObjectiveThe corrosion fatigue fracture of the wind turbine pitch bearing is a major failure mode, often leading to the blade detachment and shutdown. To this end, a finite element model of replacing the whole pitch bearing with a local one was proposed to investigate the structural fatigue remainin...

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Main Authors: ZHANG Mingqian, CHEN Guanci, DING Yinke, LIU Minghan, MAO Huaping
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Published: Editorial Office of Journal of Mechanical Transmission 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.jxcd.net.cn/thesisDetails#10.16578/j.issn.1004.2539.2025.01.005
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author ZHANG Mingqian
CHEN Guanci
DING Yinke
LIU Minghan
MAO Huaping
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CHEN Guanci
DING Yinke
LIU Minghan
MAO Huaping
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description ObjectiveThe corrosion fatigue fracture of the wind turbine pitch bearing is a major failure mode, often leading to the blade detachment and shutdown. To this end, a finite element model of replacing the whole pitch bearing with a local one was proposed to investigate the structural fatigue remaining life of pitch bearings after corrosion of the raceways.MethodsA combined method of finite element software Ansys and three-dimensional fracture mechanics software Franc3D was adopted to simulate the corrosion pit by inserting a pre-damage at the location of the maximum equivalent stress in the bearing ring. The crack propagation path and life of the corroded bearing ring were investigated under actual operating conditions.ResultsThe results show that the remaining fatigue life of the corroded bearing ring under actual operating conditions is 2.2×10<sup>7</sup> cycles, approximately 2.3 years, accounting for 11.6% of the design life. Through this results, the characteristics of the structural fatigue of the bearing ring affected by the corrosion can be better understood, providing guidance and reference for engineering practices in related fields.
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spelling doaj-art-44ff8fa864bc43b4b0a2ff54e2d6a6652025-01-25T19:01:09ZzhoEditorial Office of Journal of Mechanical TransmissionJixie chuandong1004-25392025-01-0149374381411126Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damageZHANG MingqianCHEN GuanciDING YinkeLIU MinghanMAO HuapingObjectiveThe corrosion fatigue fracture of the wind turbine pitch bearing is a major failure mode, often leading to the blade detachment and shutdown. To this end, a finite element model of replacing the whole pitch bearing with a local one was proposed to investigate the structural fatigue remaining life of pitch bearings after corrosion of the raceways.MethodsA combined method of finite element software Ansys and three-dimensional fracture mechanics software Franc3D was adopted to simulate the corrosion pit by inserting a pre-damage at the location of the maximum equivalent stress in the bearing ring. The crack propagation path and life of the corroded bearing ring were investigated under actual operating conditions.ResultsThe results show that the remaining fatigue life of the corroded bearing ring under actual operating conditions is 2.2×10<sup>7</sup> cycles, approximately 2.3 years, accounting for 11.6% of the design life. Through this results, the characteristics of the structural fatigue of the bearing ring affected by the corrosion can be better understood, providing guidance and reference for engineering practices in related fields.http://www.jxcd.net.cn/thesisDetails#10.16578/j.issn.1004.2539.2025.01.005Pitch bearing ringCorrosionPre-damageRemaining fatigue lifeFranc3D software
spellingShingle ZHANG Mingqian
CHEN Guanci
DING Yinke
LIU Minghan
MAO Huaping
Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
Jixie chuandong
Pitch bearing ring
Corrosion
Pre-damage
Remaining fatigue life
Franc3D software
title Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
title_full Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
title_fullStr Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
title_full_unstemmed Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
title_short Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage
title_sort research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre damage
topic Pitch bearing ring
Corrosion
Pre-damage
Remaining fatigue life
Franc3D software
url http://www.jxcd.net.cn/thesisDetails#10.16578/j.issn.1004.2539.2025.01.005
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