eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2328-4110 2015-12-17 3 6 267 271 10.12691/ajme-3-6-23 AJME20153623 article František Trebuňa 1 František Trebuňa 1 Marián Buršák 2 Miroslav Pástor miroslav.pastor@tuke.sk 2 Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Letná 9, Košice, 04200, Slovakia Department of Material Science, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Metallurgy, Letná 9, Košice, 04200, Slovakia Steam turbogenerators are often used for production of electric energy in companies where sources of steam with necessary technical parameters are produced in technological process. Attention is devoted in the paper to state analysis of steam turbine after failure and possible causes of its damage. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/3/6/23/ajme-3-6-23.pdf turbine failure damage of rotating wheel microstructure of material