A gas turbine engine component according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an external wall including adjacent bounding pedestals that extend from an external wall surface to establish a cooling passage, and including a common pedestal situated between the adjacent bounding pedestals to establish a first branched section and a second branched section of the cooling passage that join together at a merged section of the cooling passage. A method of fabricating a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.

A method of controlling an extent of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) sheet spall and a hot gas path (HGP) component are disclosed. The method provides an HGP component having a body with an exterior surface. Controlling the extent of the TBC sheet spall includes forming a TBC over a selected portion of the exterior surface of the body. The TBC includes a plurality of segments in a cellular pattern. Each segment is defined by one or more slots in the TBC, and each segment has a predefined area such that the extent of the TBC sheet spall is limited by the predefined area of each of the plurality of segments that constitute the TBC sheet spall.

An apparatus and method for a turbine engine for can include an engine component. The engine component can include an interior cooling passage at least partially defining a cooling circuit for passing a flow of cooling fluid through the component. Film holes provide for exhausting a portion of the cooling fluid to an exterior of the component, to form a cooling film along an exterior hot surface of the engine component. A deflector can be position within the cooling passage upstream form the film hole.

An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.

A wall of a hot gas part, having a first surface subjectable to a cooling fluid, a second surface located opposite of the first surface and subjectable to a hot gas and, at least one film cooling hole extending from an inlet area located within the first surface to an outlet area located within the second surface for leading the cooling fluid from the first surface to the second surface. The respective film cooling hole has a diffusor section located upstream of the outlet area, the diffusor section is bordered at least by a diffusor bottom and two opposing diffusor side walls, wherein the diffusor section has a delta wedge element for dividing the cooling fluid flow into two sub-flows and subsequent formation of a pair of delta vortices. The respective delta wedge element protrudes in a step-wise manner from the diffusor bottom and is, in a top view, triangular-shaped.

A blade outer air seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal that has a plurality of segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and are mounted in a support structure via a carrier. At least one of the segments have a first wall circumferentially spaced from a second wall. A base portion extends from the first wall to the second wall. The first and second walls extend at an angle less than 90° from the base portion. The carrier has a flat portion that extends from the first wall to the second wall.

A blade outer air seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal that has a plurality of segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and are mounted in a support structure. At least two of the segments have a first wall circumferentially spaced from a second wall. A base portion extends from the first wall to the second wall. A first hook extends from the first wall and a second hook extends from the second wall. A wedge seal is arranged between the at least two adjacent seal segments. A clip is configured to bias the wedge seal radially inward.

A rotary machine includes damper pins and platforms each having a flat surface extending in an axial line direction. For each adjacent pair of the platforms, a damper abutting surface of a first of the adjacent pair of the platforms extends toward a damper abutting surface of a second of the adjacent pair of the platforms as approaching an outer side of a rotor blade stage in a radial direction while opposing each other in a peripheral direction. A damper accommodation space, which is defined by surfaces including the damper abutting surfaces, is defined between each adjacent pair of the platforms. Each of the damper pins defines a regular polygonal prism extending in the axial line direction and includes a damper pin main body in which an angle defined by two side surfaces corresponds to an angle defined by the damper abutting surfaces between the adjacent pair of the platforms.

A rotor assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This rotor assembly includes a first rotor disk, a second rotor disk and a plurality of rotor blades. The first rotor disk is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The second rotor disk is configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The rotor blades are arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis. Each of the rotor blades is mounted to the first rotor disk and to the second rotor disk. The rotor blades include a first rotor blade. The first rotor blade includes an attachment projecting axially along the rotational axis into a first pocket in the first rotor disk and a second pocket in the second rotor disk. The attachment has a dovetail cross-sectional geometry when viewed in a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis. A portion of the first rotor disk extends circumferentially across and covers the attachment.

A rotor assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This rotor assembly includes a first rotor disk, a second rotor disk, a plurality of rotor blades and a plurality of vanes. The first rotor disk is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The first rotor disk is configured from or otherwise includes disk material. The second rotor disk is configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The rotor blades are arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis. Each of the rotor blades is axially between and mounted to the first rotor disk and the second rotor disk. The vanes are arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis and axially between the first rotor disk and the second rotor disk. The vanes include a first vane, which first vane is configured from or otherwise includes vane material that is different than the disk material.