An efficient approach for predicting wind-induced fatigue in large horizontal axis wind turbine coupled tower-blade structures subject to aeroelastic and yaw effects is presented. First, aerodynamic loads under yaw conditions are simulated based on the harmonic superposition method and modified blade element momentum theory, in which wind shear, tower shadow, tower-blade interactions, aeroelastic, and rotational effects are taken into account. Then, a nonlinear time-history of wind-induced responses under simulated aerodynamic loads is obtained.Finally, based on these results, wind-induced fatigue damage and lifespan are predicted according to linear cumulative damage theory. For completeness, the influences of mean wind speed, aeroelasticity, and yaw angle on horizontal axis wind turbine fatigue life are discussed. The results indicate that the aerodynamic loads and residual fatigue life can be estimated accurately by the proposed model, which can be used to simulate the 3D wind fields of wind turbines under given wind conditions. The wind energy of the wind turbine blade is mainly concentrated at its edge and is weaker at the hub. Estimation of wind turbine fatigue life is therefore suggested to be based on the component with the shortest life, being the blade root. Furthermore, yaw conditions significantly shorten fatigue life and should not be ignored. Fatigue life is also rather sensitive to mean wind speed. KEYWORDS aeroelastic effect, fatigue cumulative damage, time-domain analysis, wind turbine coupled towerblade structures, wind-induced fatigue, yaw condition 1 | INTRODUCTIONLarge horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) tower-blade structures are subject to random wind loads. As such, they are a type of nonlinear coupled vibration system. [1][2][3] Natural wind fluctuations subject HAWTs to alternating stress states, which can cause fatigue damage to certain components. In the current design rules for the wind-resistant design of HAWTs, fatigue damage is calculated separately for the wind turbine's tower and its blades. The effect of random wind load on the blades is equivalent to a centralized static wind load on the tower top. [4] However, in the real world, wind turbine towers are in coupled tower-blade vibration states under random wind loads. Furthermore, due to the continuous variation of wind direction and high turbulence characteristics, the blades cannot always be kept parallel to the wind direction. Accordingly, the fatigue damage sustained by wind turbine coupled tower-blade structures in yaw conditions over the service period should not be ignored.In response to this problem, a dynamic stall prediction model was established and applied to wind turbine blades in the yaw condition. The basic principles and characteristics of the model have been discussed previously. [5] Greaves et al. [6] proposed a method for calculating windinduced fatigue damage over time for megawatt wind turbine blades while excluding the tower. The wind field of the blades was based on an auto-regressive method, and the fatig...