Abstract: A method by which physical properties, including the Young's modulus and thermal conductivity of a ceramic layer of a thermal barrier coating formed on a high-temperature member, are quickly and accurately estimated. A method for estimating a physical property of a ceramic includes a step of calculating the Larson-Miller parameter from the time for which and the temperature at which the ceramic is heated; a step of acquiring the porosity of the ceramic corresponding to the calculated Larson-Miller parameter, based on the calculated Larson-Miller parameter and a diagram correlating the Larson-Miller parameter and the porosity obtained from samples having the same composition as the ceramic; and a step of acquiring the physical property of the ceramic corresponding to the acquired porosity, based on the acquired porosity and a diagram correlating the porosity and the physical property obtained from samples having the same composition as the ceramic.

Abstract: To reduce secondary flow loss and to improved turbine efficiency, a section located radially outward of a border section 28 of a stationary blade 21 is bent in the rotational direction of a rotor. Thus, even if combustion gas leaks from a tip clearance between an end wall of a casing and a tip portion of a rotor blade, and a stagnation line 35 near a tip portion 22 is situated in the side of a back surface 24, because a section located radially outward of the border section 28 is bent in the rotational direction of the rotor, the stagnation line 35 is also situated toward the rotational direction of the rotor. Therefore, the stagnation lines 35 formed at various heights in the heightwise direction of the stationary blade 21 are generally aligned in the rotational direction of the rotor. Thus, fluctuation of pressure distribution in the heightwise direction of the stationary blade 21, of the combustion gas flowing into the stationary blade 21 can be reduced.

Abstract: In a communicating structure between combustors that generates combustion gas inside pipe pieces and a turbine portion that generates a rotational driving force by making the combustion gas sequentially pass through a turbine stage formed of turbine stator vanes and turbine rotor blades, at least some of the first-stage turbine stator vanes closest to the combustor among the turbine stator vanes are disposed downstream of sidewalls of one pipe piece and another pipe piece that are adjacent to each other, and the distance from leading edges of the first-stage turbine stator vanes disposed downstream of the sidewalls of the pipe pieces to end portions of the sidewalls closer to the turbine portion is equal to or less than a spacing between an internal surface of the sidewall of the one pipe piece and an internal surface of the sidewall of the other pipe piece.

Abstract: A platform cooling structure for a gas turbine moving blade is provided which is capable of improving cooling performance of a platform and of improving reliability of a moving blade in such a manner that a portion in the vicinity of a side edge of the platform which is away from moving blade cooling passageways and is easily influenced by thermal stress caused by high-temperature combustion gas, that is, an upper surface of the side edge is effectively cooled by guiding high-pressure cooling air, flowing to the moving blade cooling passageways, to a discharge opening formed in a surface of the platform in the vicinity of the side edge of the platform without particularly attaching an additional member such as a cover plate to the platform. A moving blade cooling passageway 17c is formed in the inside of the gas turbine moving blade.

Abstract: The Ni-based single crystal alloy disclosed here is a single crystal and has a chemical composition containing, as % by mass, Co: 8 to 12%, Cr: 5 to 7.5%, Mo: 0.2 to 1.2%, W: 5 to 7%, Al: 5 to 6.5%, Ta: 8 to 12%. Hf: 0.01 to 0.2%, Re: 2 to 4%, Si: 0.005 to 0.1%, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A thermal barrier coating material that exhibits superior high-temperature crystal stability to YSZ, as well as a high degree of toughness and an excellent thermal barrier effect. Also provided are a thermal barrier coating, which has a ceramic layer formed using the thermal barrier coating material and exhibits excellent durability to heat cycling, and a turbine member and a gas turbine which are each provided with the thermal barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating material comprises mainly ZrO2 which contains Yb2O3 and Sm2O3 as stabilizers, wherein the amount of the stabilizers is not less than 2 mol % and not more than 7 mol %, and the amount of the Sm2O3 is not less than 0.1 mol % and not more than 2.5 mol %.

Abstract: A one-stage stator vane cooling structure consisting of: a plurality of linking members that are provided between a plurality of combustors disposed in the circumferential direction of a gas turbine; and cooling holes that are provided in each of the one-stage stator vanes to discharge a cooling gas from the inside to the outside of the one-stage stator vanes in order to cool the one-stage stator vanes on the periphery of the stagnation line of the combustion gas flowing in from the plurality of combustors; in which the cooling holes are formed at positions that are determined according to the relative positions of the one-stage stator vanes and the linking members disposed near the one-stage stator vanes.

Abstract: A fuel nozzle 110 having a plurality of swirl vane 130 on an outer peripheral surface thereof is installed within a burner tube 120, with a clearance 121 being provided. Each swirl vane 130 progressively curves from an upstream side toward a downstream side (inclines along a circumferential direction) in order to swirl compressed air A flowing through an air passage 111 to form a swirl air flow a. Here, curvature of each swirl vane 130 is greater on its outer peripheral side than on its inner peripheral side. By suppressing occurrence of an air streamline heading from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side, therefore, flow velocity on the inner peripheral side and flow velocity on the outer peripheral side become equal, thus preventing flashback on the inner peripheral side.

Abstract: A two-shaft gas turbine includes a high-pressure turbine having an annular gas-passage outlet, a low-pressure turbine having an annular gas-passage inlet, an annular intermediate duct that connects the gas-passage outlet to the gas-passage inlet, a bearing that supports a rotor of the high-pressure turbine and that is attached to a bearing case, and a plurality of struts that support the bearing case. The struts are arranged radially along the circumference of the bearing case so as to extend though the intermediate duct in a space between an outer peripheral surface of the bearing case and an inner peripheral surface of a casing wall that surrounds the intermediate duct. The intermediate duct has strut covers through which the struts extend and which function as first-stage stator blades for the low-pressure turbine.

Abstract: Provided is a turbine blade cascade endwall that is capable of reducing crossflow and is capable of reducing secondary-flow loss that occurs in association with the crossflow, therefore being capable of achieving enhanced turbine performance. A convex portion (11) that is gently swollen as a whole, that has an apex (P1) at a position of 0 to 20% pitch in a position of 5 to 25% Cax, that gently slopes from this apex (P1) toward a downstream side and a suction side surface of an adjacently disposed turbine stationary blade (B1) or turbine moving blade, and that slopes slightly steeply from the apex (P1) toward an upstream side is provided between one turbine stationary blade (B1) or turbine moving blade and another turbine stationary blade (B1) or turbine moving blade disposed adjacent to one turbine stationary blade (B1) or turbine moving blade.

Abstract: A method is provided by which physical properties, in particular, the Young's modulus and thermal conductivity of a ceramic layer of a thermal barrier coating formed on a high-temperature member are accurately estimated in a short period of time. A method for estimating a physical property of a ceramic includes a step of calculating the Larson-Miller parameter from the time for which and the temperature at which the ceramic is heated; a step of acquiring the porosity of the ceramic corresponding to the calculated Larson-Miller parameter, based on the calculated Larson-Miller parameter and a diagram correlating the Larson-Miller parameter and the porosity obtained from samples having the same composition as the ceramic; and a step of acquiring the physical property of the ceramic corresponding to the acquired porosity, based on the acquired porosity and a diagram correlating the porosity and the physical property obtained from samples having the same composition as the ceramic.

Abstract: Provided is a turbine blade cascade endwall that is capable of suppressing a vortex generated on a suction surface of a turbine stator blade and that is capable of reducing secondary-flow loss due to this vortex. A turbine blade cascade endwall that is positioned on a tip side of a plurality of turbine stator blades arranged in a ring form is provided with a pressure gradient alleviating part that alleviates a pressure gradient generated in the blade height direction at a suction surface of the turbine stator blades due to a clearance leakage flow, leaking out of a gap between a tip of a turbine rotor blade located on the upstream side of the turbine stator blades and a tip endwall disposed facing the tip of this turbine rotor blade.

Abstract: To reduce secondary flow loss and to improved turbine efficiency, a section located radially outward of a border section 28 of a stationary blade 21 is bent in the rotational direction of a rotor. Thus, even if combustion gas leaks from a tip clearance between an end wall of a casing and a tip portion of a rotor blade, and a stagnation line 35 near a tip portion 22 is situated in the side of a back surface 24, because a section located radially outward of the border section 28 is bent in the rotational direction of the rotor, the stagnation line 35 is also situated toward the rotational direction of the rotor. Therefore, the stagnation lines 35 formed at various heights in the heightwise direction of the stationary blade 21 are generally aligned in the rotational direction of the rotor. Thus, fluctuation of pressure distribution in the heightwise direction of the stationary blade 21, of the combustion gas flowing into the stationary blade 21 can be reduced.

Abstract: A platform cooling structure for a gas turbine moving blade is provided which is capable of improving cooling performance of a platform and of improving reliability of a moving blade in such a manner that a portion in the vicinity of a side edge of the platform which is away from moving blade cooling passageways and is easily influenced by thermal stress caused by high-temperature combustion gas, that is, an upper surface of the side edge is effectively cooled by guiding high-pressure cooling air, flowing to the moving blade cooling passageways, to a discharge opening formed in a surface of the platform in the vicinity of the side edge of the platform without particularly attaching an additional member such as a cover plate to the platform. A moving blade cooling passageway 17c is formed in the inside of the gas turbine moving blade.

Abstract: A combustor 500 is composed of a plurality of premixed combustion burners 100 each comprising a fuel nozzle 110 provided in a burner tube 120, the fuel nozzle 110 having a plurality of swirl vanes 130 on an outer peripheral surface thereof. Injection holes 133a, 133b are formed in each swirl vane 130. Staging control is exercised such that when a gas turbine is in a full load state, a fuel is injected through the injection holes 133a, 133b of all the swirl vanes 130, and when the gas turbine is under a partial load, the fuel is injected only through the injection holes 133a, 133b of a specific number of the swirl vanes 130 adjacent in a circumferential direction, and fuel injection through the injection holes 133a, 133b of the remaining swirl vanes 130 is stopped.

Abstract: A fuel nozzle 110 having a plurality of swirl vane 130 on an outer peripheral surface thereof is installed within a burner tube 120, with a clearance 121 being provided. Each swirl vane 130 progressively curves from an upstream side toward a downstream side (inclines along a circumferential direction) in order to swirl compressed air A flowing through an air passage 111 to form a swirl air flow a. Here, curvature of each swirl vane 130 is greater on its outer peripheral side than on its inner peripheral side. By suppressing occurrence of an air streamline heading from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side, therefore, flow velocity on the inner peripheral side and flow velocity on the outer peripheral side become equal, thus preventing flashback on the inner peripheral side.

Abstract: In the blade structure in a gas turbine, front-edge including angles are made large. As a result, a curve of a relative relationship between incidence angles ic1 and is1 and pressure loss becomes mild. Entrance metal angles are made small. As a result, it becomes possible to make the incidence angles small. Chord length of a tip portion of a moving blade is made large. As a result, it becomes possible to make small the deceleration on a rear surface of the tip portion of the moving blade. Accordingly, it becomes possible to make the pressure loss small, and therefore, it becomes possible to improve the turbine efficiency.

Abstract: In the blade structure in a gas turbine, front-edge including angles are made large. As a result, a curve of a relative relationship between incidence angles ic1 and is1 and pressure loss becomes mild. Entrance metal angles are made small. As a result, it becomes possible to make the incidence angles small. Chord length of a tip portion of a moving blade is made large. As a result, it becomes possible to make small the deceleration on a rear surface of the tip portion of the moving blade. Accordingly, it becomes possible to make the pressure loss small, and therefore, it becomes possible to improve the turbine efficiency.

Abstract: In the blade structure in a gas turbine, front-edge including angles are made large. As a result, a curve of a relative relationship between incidence angles ic1 and is1 and pressure loss becomes mild. Entrance metal angles are made small. As a result, it becomes possible to make the incidence angles small. Chord length of a tip portion of a moving blade is made large. As a result, it becomes possible to make small the deceleration on a rear surface of the tip portion of the moving blade. Accordingly, it becomes possible to make the pressure loss small, and therefore, it becomes possible to improve the turbine efficiency.

Abstract: In the blade structure in a gas turbine, front-edge including angles are made large. As a result, a curve of a relative relationship between incidence angles ic1 and is1 and pressure loss becomes mild. Entrance metal angles are made small. As a result, it becomes possible to make the incidence angles small. Chord length of a tip portion of a moving blade is made large. As a result, it becomes possible to make small the deceleration on a rear surface of the tip portion of the moving blade. Accordingly, it becomes possible to make the pressure loss small, and therefore, it becomes possible to improve the turbine efficiency.