Failure Analysis of a 20 MW Turbine Rotor

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This contribution deals with the analysis of causes of a breakdown of a turbine rotor where stage 13 completely broke off. Microstructure and fractographic analyses showed that a dominant cause of the breakdown was stress corrosion cracking caused by impurities in the steam.

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235-242

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May 2015

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[1] ASM Handbook, Volume 11, Failure Analysis and Prevention, E.T. Becker and R.J. Shipley (Eds. ), 2002 ed., ASM International, Materials Park, OH, USA, (2002).

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