A turbine component includes a hot wall, a cold wall spaced apart from the hot wall and a conduit defined between the hot wall and the cold wall. A cooling system is defined in the conduit. The cooling system includes a plurality of cooling pins, each including a first end having a first cross-sectional area and a second end having a second cross-sectional area. Each cooling pin includes a body extending between the first end and the second end, with a pin leading edge defined along the body from the first end to the second end. The pin leading edge is defined by a first diameter and a pin trailing edge is defined by a second diameter. At least one first cooling pin has the first end coupled to the hot wall and the second end coupled to the cold wall with a fillet.

A turbine housing for a turbocharger includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage connected to a turbine housing body. The outlet passage has a longitudinal axis and comprises a first section and a second section downstream of the first section. The first section includes a first inlet opening having a first cross-sectional area, a first outlet opening downstream of the first inlet opening, and a first length between the first inlet opening and the first outlet opening, wherein the first section has an opening angle between 0 and 10 relative to the longitudinal axis along the first length. The second section downstream of the first section includes a second inlet opening, a second outlet opening downstream of the second inlet opening, a second cross-sectional area at least 1.8 times greater than the first cross-sectional area, and a second length between the second inlet opening and the second outlet opening that is less than 50% of the first length.

A turbine blade is provided. The turbine blade may include: a cooling passage configured to be defined by a partition wall which partitions an internal area of the turbine blade; and an inlet passage extending from a root part of the turbine blade toward a platform part of the turbine blade and configured to supply cooling air into the cooling passage, wherein an inclined part having a diameter reduced from the root part toward the platform part is formed in the inlet passage.

The invention relates to a thrust chamber device comprising a thrust chamber with a thrust space having a first portion, a second portion adjacent thereto, and a third portion adjacent to the second portion, the thrust space being delimited in all three portions by an outer nozzle wall having an outer thrust space surface, which outer thrust space surface tapers in the first and second portion toward the third portion, widens in the third portion away from the second portion, and has a narrowest point at the transition from the second portion to the third portion, the first portion being delimited by an inner nozzle wall with an inner thrust space surface, which tapers toward the second portion, an annular combustion chamber being formed between the inner thrust space surface and the outer thrust space surface and extending over the first portion.

A geared turbofan engine with a sun shaft driving a sun gear of planetary gearbox. The sun shaft having a front section proximal to the gearbox and a rear section distal from the gearbox. The outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft is smaller than the outer diameter of the rear section of the sun shaft. The front section of the sun shaft having between two and four undulant sections, wherein each undulant section having at least one axial part extending in axial direction of the sun shaft and two diaphragm parts on either side of the at least one axial part extending in radial direction outward, the at least one axial part of the undulant section having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft.

An airfoil vane includes an airfoil section which includes an outer wall that defines an internal cavity. A baffle is situated in the internal cavity. The baffle includes a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion which is bonded to the leading edge portion at a joint. The leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion define an internal cavity therewithin. Both the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion include a plurality of cooling holes which are configured to provide cooling air to the airfoil outer wall. The trailing edge portion is formed of sheet metal and the leading edge portion is formed of non-sheet-metal. A method of making a baffle for a vane arc segment and a method of assembling a ceramic matrix composite airfoil vane are also disclosed.

The invention pertains to the field of power engineering and may be applied to convert kinetic and thermal energy of a working medium into mechanical work. The method includes swirling of a pre-compressed working medium, its expansion in an actuating device to produce mechanical work in the form of rotation of the shaft, and discharge of the working medium from the actuating device. The working medium is swirled in the actuating device along a spatial trajectory in the form of a conical helix, the projection of which on a plane positioned at an angle to the axis of rotation is a curve having at least two breakpoints.

An airfoil of a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil includes an airfoil body having at least one internal flow passage, the body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a wall of the at least one internal flow passage and a bleed port fluidly connecting the at least one internal flow passage to the second surface. The bleed port includes a bleed orifice extending from the second surface toward the internal flow passage and a bleed port cavity extending from the first surface toward the second surface, the bleed port cavity and the bleed orifice fluidly connected. The bleed port cavity is defined by a bleed port cavity wall and a base wall surrounding the bleed orifice. The bleed port cavity wall extends from the first surface to the base wall.

According to one embodiment of this disclosure a core includes a first end and a second end spaced generally opposite from the first end. The core further includes a stacking axis defined between the first end and second end and a first toroidal structure located between the first end and the second end. The first toroidal structure includes a first passage extending through the first toroidal structure in a first direction that is perpendicular to and passes through the stacking axis. The core also includes a second toroidal structure located between the first toroidal structure and the second end. The second toroidal structure includes a second passage extending through the second toroidal structure in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are oriented along the stacking axis at a non-zero degree angle with respect to each other.

A geared turbofan engine with a sun shaft driving a sun gear of planetary gearbox. The sun shaft having a front section proximal to the gearbox and a rear section distal from the gearbox. The outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft is smaller than the outer diameter of the rear section of the sun shaft. The front section of the sun shaft having between two and four undulant sections, wherein each undulant section having at least one axial part extending in axial direction of the sun shaft and two diaphragm parts on either side of the at least one axial part extending in radial direction outward, the at least one axial part of the undulant section having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft.