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Fatigue Damage Analysis of a Low-Pressure Turbine Blade

저압터빈 블레이드의 피로손상 해석

  • Youn, Hee Chul (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Incheon Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Woo, Chang Ki (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Incheon Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Hwang, Jai Kon (KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.)
  • Received : 2014.10.08
  • Accepted : 2015.05.02
  • Published : 2015.07.01
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Abstract

The sizes of the final blades of a low-pressure (LP) steam turbine have been getting larger for the development of high-capacity power plants. They are also larger than the other blades in the same system. As a result, fatigue damage is caused by a large centrifugal force and a low natural frequency of the blade. Recently, many failure cases have been reported due to repeated turbine startups and their prolonged use. In this study, the causes and mechanism of failure of a LP turbine blade were analyzed by using a finite element method to calculate the centrifugal force, the natural frequency of a stress-stiffening effect, and the harmonic response. It was observed that the expected fatigue damage position matched the real crack position at the airfoil's leading edge, and an equivalence fatigue limit approached a notch fatigue limit.

저압터빈 최종단 블레이드는 발전설비의 대용량화에 따라 대형화 되고 있으며, 터빈을 구성하는 모든 블레이드 중 상대적으로 그 크기가 가장 크다. 그 결과 블레이드는 매우 높은 원심력과 낮은 고유 진동수 특성을 가지며 그에 따른 각종 손상이 발생하게 된다. 최근 국내에서 가동연수 증가와 잦은 기동정지에 따른 저압터빈 최종단 블레이드의 손상이 자주 보고되고 있어, 본 연구에서는 유한요소법을 이용하여 원심력에 의한 응력해석, 응력경화효과에 따른 고유진동수 해석 및 조화응답해석을 수행 하였다. 그 결과 예측된 블레이드의 에어포일 선단부 최대 피로응력의 위치와 실제 균열의 발생위치가 일치함으로써 피로손상에 의한 결과임을 확인하였고, 노치에 의한 등가피로한도가 노치피로한도에 접근하였다.

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