METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE CONTACT SURFACES OF SHROUD SEGMENTS, WHICH ABUT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, OF ADJACENT BLADES OF A GAS TURBINE

摘要

A method for optimizing the contact surfaces of abutting shroud segments of adjacent blades of a rotor blade row of a gas turbine includes providing a 3-D model of an individual blade. A geometry of the individual blade is calculated using the 3-D model while considering centrifugal forces, temperature stresses and pressure loads experienced in a loaded state of the blade during operation. The contact surfaces of the abutting shroud segments of adjacent blades are optimized in the loaded state of the blade. The optimization includes the surfaces of functionally serving interlocking surfaces and functionally serving wedge surfaces disposed on each side of the interlocking surfaces. A geometry of the interlocking surfaces and of the wedge surfaces in an unloaded state corresponding to the optimized contact surfaces in the loaded state of the blade is calculated.