This book discusses several mechanical and material problems that are typical for gas turbine components. It discusses accelerated tests and other methods for increasing the reliability of gas turbine engines. Special attention is given to non-traditional methods for calculating the strength characteristics and longevity of the main components. This first volume focuses on the selection of materials, deformation and destruction mechanisms in connection with stationary and non-stationary loading, and types of material damage such as the thermal fatigue. Particular attention is paid to the issues of the properties of single crystal alloys, the relationship between structure and properties, the influence of technological factors and long-term operation. The characteristics of creep resistance, crack resistance, and resistance to cyclic deformation of different alloys are given.

The author:

Leonid Borisovich Getsov - Chief Researcher at the Central Boiler and Turbine Institute. In 1953 he graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and at the same time Faculty of Physics, Leningrad University, defended his Ph.D. thesis. in 1962. Then he was approved in the rank of senior researcher in the specialty "metallurgy and heat treatment of metals" in 1966. In 1979 he defended his doctoral dissertation Dr of science. Has 65 years of experience in production engineering, research and teaching, including 20 years in higher educational institutions.

The Editors and Translators:

Holm Altenbach is Full Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics (since 2011), and has been acting as Director of the Institute of Mechanics since 2015.

Konstantin Naumenko is Professor at the Institute of Mechanics, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Konstantin does research in Structural Mechanics, Materials Modeling and Mechanical Engineering.

Operating conditions of details of gas turbines and materials applied to them.- Resistance to deformation of heat resisting materials at static and cyclic Loading.- Resistance to destruction of heat resisting materials at static and cyclic loading.- Influence of technology factors and long operation on structure and property of heat resisting materials.- Corrosion of materials gtu and its influence on strength.- Protective coatings.