BLADE FOR AN AXIAL COMPRESSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to blades, and the modification thereof, for stages 18-22 of an axial compressor wherein the blades have reduced susceptibility to tip cracking. The blades and blades manufactured by the provided method have a thickened profile that provides reduced stress level in response to multi frequency impulse and also preferably exhibit increased frequency response of the chord wise bending mode.