Assessment of the residual life of the high-temperature elements of the turbine rotors through modeling the reduction of the metal continuity

Calculation and experimental estimates of the residual life of steels P2M and EI415 of two strength levels (H and B) are carried out using two methods, the new one and the traditional. The loading was carried out for 300 thousand hours under conditions similar to those in which the metal operates in the zone of blade attachment in the rim of the disk of the first stage of medium-pressure rotors of K-300-240 LMZ and KhTZ turbines. When evaluating the residual life, a gradual decrease in stresses due to creep was taken into account by distinguishing several stages with conditionally constant stresses. According to the new methodology, the residual life was estimated by a change in the metal super-continuity at each stage 47 = ц/п + 1, where u/ is the continuity, n is the crack formation index; whereas in the traditional method the relative damage Р is estimated according to the principle of linear summation of damage (LSP). It is shown that the time dependences P and 47 obey the logarithmic law, while the metal of the fbrgings В (high strength) in all cases had a greater resource compared to the fbrgings H (low strength). For the first time, the process of resource depletion was considered by analyzing the sum of two functions: 47 + P = 1. It is shown that for R2M steel this amount is less than unity; for steel EI415 it is equal to or greater than unity. Proceeding from the literature data on the differences that follows from using LSP rule for a relatively viscous and brittle metal, we suggested that deviations from unity are attributed to the error in estimating the resource according to the LSP principle. Therefore, the result obtained by the new method should be recognized as more accurate. Taking into account the use of samples with a particularly deep sharp notch in which the brittle crack development is guaranteed by the proposed methodology, the new principle of calculating the residual life can be used in determination of the resource for any type of the parts made of the metal subjected to brittle fracture during operation under creep conditions.

steam turbine, rotor, disk rim, metal, creep, crack, resource, sample, notch, continuity, long-term strength

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