Turbine component and method for developing a component

摘要

A method for developing a component (20) includes establishing a performance requirement to predict the secondary crystallographic orientation for a component having orthogonal x, y, and z axes. The component is to be formed from a single crystal material having a primary crystallographic orientation along the z-axis and a secondary crystallographic orientation substantially in the x-y plane. A property of the component is computer simulated as a function of an angle of the secondary crystallographic orientation relative to the x-axis. Based on the computer simulation, the angle for the component is selected which will substantially satisfy the performance requirement.