Patent ID: 8333562

Claim:
A steam turbine rotor blade comprising: a blade portion having a length of 48 inches or more; a cover integrally formed on and at an end of the blade portion, the cover having a backside canopy extending from the backside of the blade portion and a foreside canopy extending from the foreside of the blade portion, the backside canopy being formed at the leading edge side of the cover and the foreside canopy being formed at the trailing edge side thereof; and a radially-formed stepped portion provided at the trailing edge side of the cover, the stepped portion having a height larger than the thickness of the cover; wherein the backside canopy has a surface in contact with a foreside canopy on an adjacent preceding blade, the backside canopy and the foreside canopy on the adjacent preceding blade being connected with each other through the contact surface by the torsional return force produced during rotation; wherein the backside canopy has a curved surface connecting the steam inflow side of the contact surface to a profile at the end of the blade portion, as viewed radially from the outer circumference side of the turbine; wherein the backside canopy is positioned at a stepped portion formed at the trailing edge of a cover formed on the adjacent preceding blade; wherein an angle formed between a contact line formed by the contact surface where adjacent two covers are in contact with each other and a circumferential line along which the adjacent two covers are connected is 30 to 50 degrees; and wherein, when P denotes the intersection of the end of the leading edge of the cover formed on the blade portion and the camber line thereof, Q denotes the intersection of the end of the trailing edge of the cover formed on the adjacent preceding blade and the camber line thereof, and R denotes the intersection of a straight line connecting P and Q and the contact line, a line segment ratio PR/PQ is 0.6 to 0.8.