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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A last stage stator blade of a steam turbine low-pressure section has blade sections (S<sub>1</sub>, S<sub>2</sub>, ..., S<sub>K</sub>) at respective section radii (R<sub>S1</sub>, R<sub>S2</sub>, ..., R<sub>SK</sub>), joined according to a tangential stacking line (LEAN). The tangential stacking line (LEAN) is a fourth-order Bezier curve.
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