On long-term fatigue damage and reliability analysis of gears under wind loads in offshore wind turbine drivetrains

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-128

  Nejad, Amir Rasekhi ^a   Gao, Zhen ^a   Moan, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drivetrains; Long term fatigue; Reliability; Wind turbine gears

Indexed keywords

DRIVETRAINS; FATIGUE DAMAGE ANALYSIS; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; GLOBAL RESPONSE ANALYSIS; MULTIBODY SIMULATIONS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; SHORT-TERM DAMAGE; WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION;

DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; RELIABILITY;

GEARS;

EID: 84893803967     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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