Advances in turbine materials, design and manufacturing

Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 6
Chairman's Introduction......Page 8
Sir Frank Whittle - Man and Achievement......Page 16
Beyond Whittle - Innovation in Gas Turbines......Page 29
Advanced Steam Turbines......Page 51
Axial Steam Turbines with Variable-Reaction Blading......Page 61
Application of 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods to Provide Enhanced Efficiency Blading for the 21st Century......Page 76
Risk Assessment Method for LP Disc Attachments with Stress Corrosion Cracking......Page 96
The Intergration of Materials Databases with Steam Turbine Design......Page 110
The Generation of Reliable Materials Data for Turbine Design......Page 118
Optimising Materials Assessment for Industrial Gas Turbines Using Computerised Methods......Page 127
Cost-Effective Manufacturing of High Performance Power Generation Combustion Turbine Components Using the Fabricated, Component Method......Page 144
Design Approaches for Gamma-Titanium Aluminide Alloys......Page 163
The GT24/26 Family Gas Turbines: Design for Manufacturing......Page 174
Future Trends in Aero Engine Propulsion Design and Technology......Page 188
Turbinia and Beyond: Charles Parsons, the Man and his Influence - A View from the Other Side......Page 201
New Materials for Advance Steam Turbines......Page 218
Field Test with 15-5 PH Steel LP Turbine Blades......Page 242
Improved Materials for High Efficiency Steam Turbines......Page 257
Assessment of Creep Strength Property of 9 to 12% Cr Steels from a Viewpoint of Inherent Creep Strength......Page 272
Development of Ferritic Steels for Steam Turbine Rotors with the Aid of a Molecular Orbital Method......Page 285
Development of High-Temperature Materials for Steam Turbine......Page 298
The Long-Term Creep Rupture Properties of 9-12 % Chromium Steels......Page 311
The Role of Mo and W on the Creep Behaviour of 9 and 12% Cr Steels......Page 324
Advanced High Strength Single Crystal Superalloy - SMP14......Page 337
Application of the Second Generation DS Superalloy CM186LC to First Stage Turbine Blading in EGT Industrial Gas Turbines......Page 354
y-TiAI Alloys: Current Status and Future Potential......Page 373
Design of Materials for Gas Turbines Based on Eutectic Transformation L -- y/y' - Mo2C......Page 393
The Effect of Hf on the Fatigue Propagation Resistance of a y-y' Strengthened Polycrystalline Ni Base Superalloy......Page 404
Advanced Materials for Advanced Turbines......Page 422
Ceramic Matrix Composites for Gas Turbine Engines......Page 439
Optimisation of Microstructure as an Assurance of Turbine Casings High Service Life......Page 450
Formation of a High Erosion Resistant Ti-6A1-4V Alloy Surface by Laser Nitriding......Page 469
Machining of Nickel-Based Alloys Shown on an Aero Engine Component......Page 480
The Identification of Significant Operating Parameters when Conventional Abrasive Creep Feed Grinding of a Gamma Titanium Aluminide Intermetallic......Page 489
The Improvement Achieved by Isothermal Forging for a y-TiA1 Based Gas Turbine Engine Material......Page 504
Single Crystal Turbine Blades Manufactured by Autonomous Directional Solidification (ADS)......Page 518
Heat Treatment of Udimet 720Li:The Effect of Microstructure on Properties......Page 530
Microstructural Evolution and Initiation of Crack in Directionally Solidified CM186LC......Page 547
Fibre Reinforcement of CMC Combustion Tubes......Page 560
Life Management of Ageing Steam Turbine Assets......Page 569
Destructive Examination of a Long Service 1%CrMo V Steam Turbine Rotor in the Context of Life Assessment......Page 590
Creep Fatigue Behaviour of Heat Resistant Turbine Rotor Steels under Service- Type Strain Cycling......Page 607
Factors Affecting the Prediction of the Long Term Creep Rupture Properties of Microstructurally Unstable 9-12% Cr Power Plant Steels......Page 618
Creep Strength Evaluation, Design, and Life Management of Cr-Mo-V Rotor Steel using Stress Relaxation Testing......Page 628
Small Sample Test Techniques Application in Remanent Life Assessment......Page 640
A Method of Evaluating Life Cycle Costs of Combined Cycle Power Plants......Page 649
Life Management System for Hot-Gas-Path Components of Gas Turbines......Page 668
Changes in the Microstructure During the Creep of a Single Crystal Alloy - A Step Towards Blade Condition Assessment......Page 678
Creep Life Extension of a Single Crystal Superalloy by Re-Heat-Treatment......Page 694
Quantification of Sigma Precipitation Kinetics in Udimet 720Li......Page 700
Nitration of Various Superalloys and Plasma Sprayed MCrA1Y Coatings......Page 713
Power Plant Steels: Remanent Life Assessment the Approach to Equilibrium......Page 733
New Approach to Estimation of Creep Strength for Specific Strain of Ni-Base Alloys and Austenitic Steels in Very High Temperature......Page 757
Evaluation of Long Term Creep and Rupture Properties of Heat Resisting Steels......Page 765
Design of a High Rhenium Containing Single Crystal Superalloy with Balanced Intermediate and High Temperature Creep Strengths......Page 781
Historical Development in Understanding of How Fluid Flow can Damage Metals......Page 789
Author Index......Page 799
Subject Index......Page 801