software. The purpose of the FEM analysis was to determine the axial stiffness characteristics. Results of FEM analysis were experimentally verified using a test bench. At the end of the article, we present the nomograms of the deformation constant for different pitch diameters, rolling element diameters and contact angles.

contain higher order derivatives than in conventional approaches the C1-elements are required for approximation of primary fields in the FEM. The mixed FEM are developed here, where C0 continuous interpolation is applied independently for displacement and displacement gradients. The kinematic constraints between strains and displacements are satisfied by collocation at some cleverly chosen internal points in elements. A unit cell of Indium Arsenide QD in a finite sized Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) substrate is analysed.