F05D2250/28

Barrier layer and surface preparation thereof

In some examples, the disclosure describes an article and a method of making the same that includes a substrate defining an outer surface, a barrier layer on the outer surface of the substrate, the barrier layer defining a textured surface having a plurality of cells, each cell having a geometry and a depth, and an overlying layer formed on the textured surface of the barrier layer. The barrier layer may be configured to reduce migration of material from the substrate to the overlaying layer to reduce or prevent formation of cristobalite phase thermally grown oxide.

COMPRESSOR SHROUD WITH SWEPT GROOVES
20230151825 · 2023-05-18 ·

A compressor for an aircraft engine. A rotor includes blades rotatable about an axis. Blade tips extend between leading and trailing edges. A shroud surrounds the rotor, with an inner surface surrounding the tips. Grooves are defined in the shroud inner surface adjacent the tips. The grooves extend circumferentially about the shroud and radially from inlet openings to closed end surfaces. Groove sidewalls extend circumferentially about the axis. The grooves are axially spaced-apart, the most upstream inlet opening having an upstream end disposed upstream of the leading edges of the blades. The grooves have a swept angle from the inner surface, with a center of the inlet openings is axially offset of a center of the closed-end surfaces. The grooves span an overall axial distance corresponding to 30% or more of the blades’ chord length. The grooves have circumferential interruptions defined by baffles, and extend non-continuously around a shroud circumference.

TURBOMACHINE HOLLOW BLADE
20230144182 · 2023-05-11 ·

Turbomachine hollow blade (11) comprising at least one vane (14) having lateral walls (15) which are intended to guide a flow in a flow path around the vane and which are fixed to a first platform (12) at a first longitudinal end of the vane (14), the vane (14) further comprising an internal cavity between the lateral walls (15), which cavity is intended for passing a vane-cooling fluid, with a fluid inlet opening (19) opening through said first platform (12), characterized in that a gyroid surface network (18) fills at least part of the cavity, being arranged therein so as to guide the cooling fluid, and is in contact with at least part of the lateral walls (15).

AUXETIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE UTILIZED IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS
20230203951 · 2023-06-29 ·

An auxetic (NPR) structure includes a plurality of vertical intersecting dimpled sheets, each dimpled sheet exhibiting a negative Poisson's ratio, each dimpled sheet intersects two adjacent dimpled sheets creating a rectangular tubular structure, and having a portion of each dimpled sheet projecting outward from its intersection with an adjacent dimpled sheet, the amplitude of each dimple on the plurality of dimpled sheets is such that no overhanging surface of the dimpled sheet exceeds an angle threshold for printability without support structures.

COMPOSITE LAYER SYSTEM HAVING AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SUBSTRATE AND A CERAMIC THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM
20220381151 · 2022-12-01 ·

A composite layer system is presented. The composite layer system includes a metallic substrate, a structured surface, and a thermal protection system. The structured surface may be additively manufactured onto the metallic substrate and includes structured surface features formed to project above the metallic substrate. Each of the structured surface features are separated from adjacent structured surface features by grooves. The thermal protection coating may be thermally sprayed onto the structured surface and is bonded to each of the structured surface features.

Thrust reverser door and method for making same
11680542 · 2023-06-20 · ·

A thrust reverser door includes a backskin including an interior surface and an exterior loft surface. The thrust reverser door further includes a cover plate including a cover plate body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The thrust reverser door further includes a grid structure mounted to the second side of the cover plate body and the interior surface of the backskin.

Erosion resistant and hydrophobic article

An erosion resistant and hydrophobic article includes a core that has a first hardness and a surface on the core. The surface includes a plurality of geometric features that have a second, greater hardness. The geometric features define a surface porosity by area percent and a corresponding surface solidity by area percent. The surface includes a ratio of the surface solidity divided by the surface porosity that is 1.8 or greater. The geometric features and the ratio establish the surface to be hydrophobic, and the second, greater hardness and the ratio establish an erosion rate of the surface that is equal to or less than an erosion rate of the core under identical erosion conditions.

Distributed nested cell damping system

A nested lattice structure for use in a damping system for a turbine blade includes a first lattice structure including: a first outer passage including a hollow interior; a second outer passage including a hollow interior; and an outer node including a hollow interior and forming an intersection of the first outer passage and the second outer passage. The nested lattice structure includes a second lattice structure nested within the hollow interior of the first lattice structure. The second lattice structure includes: a first inner passage; a second inner passage; and an inner node forming an intersection of the first inner passage and the second inner passage. Each of the first inner passage, the second inner passage, and the inner node are nested within the respective first outer passage, the second outer passage, and the outer node.

COMPONENT COOLING FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
20170234225 · 2017-08-17 ·

An apparatus and method for an engine component having a hot surface adjacent a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface adjacent a cooling fluid flow can include at least one dimple for enhancing the cooling along the cooling surface. The dimple can be shaped having a head and a tail with the head disposed upstream of the tail to provide for reduced dust collection along the engine component.

Abradable sealing element

An abradable sealing element comprises a substrate and a sealing structure. The sealing structure comprises one or more wall structures extending from the substrate and defining at least one open cell which is filled with abradable material. The one or more wall structures are formed by additive-layer, powder-fed, laser-weld deposition onto the substrate. The one or more wall structures are formed from nickel-based superalloy and constitute from about 10% to about 50% of the total volume of the sealing structure.