Patent ID: 7918653

Claim:
A method of assembling a rotor blade for a turbine, said method comprising: forming a rotor blade trailing edge by coupling a trailing edge assembly to a suction sidewall and a pressure sidewall in a hollow portion of the rotor blade; coupling the trailing edge assembly to the suction sidewall and the pressure sidewall using at least one of an adhesive and a mechanical fastener; and positioning the trailing edge assembly with respect to a suction side terminus and a pressure side terminus, such that a first leg of the trailing edge assembly contacts an interior surface of the suction sidewall of the rotor blade and a second leg of the trailing edge assembly contacts an interior surface of the pressure sidewall of the rotor blade, or such that the first leg of the trailing edge assembly contacts an exterior surface of the suction sidewall of the rotor blade and the second leg of the trailing edge assembly contacts an exterior surface of the pressure sidewall of the rotor blade, the trailing edge assembly having a varying cross-section.