Patent classifications
F05D2260/941
Airfoil for a turbomachine
The invention relates to an airfoil as well as to a method for producing an airfoil for a turbomachine, comprising a leading edge and a trailing edge joined to each other by a suction side and a pressure side and which, in at least one region, extends in a curved manner from an airfoil root to an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil tip has a squealer tip, which is arranged at the airfoil tip.
Stiffened torque tube for gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine rotor assembly comprises a torque tube, turbine stage and stiffening mass. The torque tube comprises a shaft extending from a forward location to an aft end, and a shaft fastening flange disposed at the aft end. The turbine stage comprises a disc, a disc adapter extending forward from the disc, and a disc fastening flange extending from the disc adapter and couplable to the shaft fastening flange at an interface. The stiffening mass is positioned proximate the interface to reduce operational stress in the torque tube. A method of reducing operational stress in a rotor assembly comprises de-stacking a rotor stack, separating a first stage rotor disc adapter from a torque tube, attaching a stiffening mass to an inner diameter of one or both of the disc adapter and the torque tube, attaching the disc adapter to the torque tube, and re-stacking the rotor stack.
Gas turbine engine operating schedules for optimizing ceramic matrix composite component life
A gas turbine engine system includes an engine component comprising ceramic matrix composite materials, at least one control system configured to control at least a temperature of the engine component, and a controller. The controller includes a degradation map stored therein. The degradation map includes degradation fields, each field defined by a unique range of temperatures and stresses of the component and correlated to different types of degradation of the component. The controller is configured to determine a first temperature and stress of the component and a first field based on the first temperature and stress, determine a second field different from the first and a second temperature and stress that would locate the component in the second field, and instruct the control system to change the temperature of the component from the first to the second temperature to locate the component in the second field.
Impeller for centrifugal turbomachine and centrifugal turbomachine
An impeller for a centrifugal turbomachine includes: a hub having a small-diameter portion positioned at a first end portion in an axial direction and a large-diameter portion positioned at a second end portion in the axial direction, the large-diameter portion having a greater diameter than the small-diameter portion; and a blade having a first edge positioned at an axial-directional position of the small-diameter portion and a second edge positioned at an axial-directional position of the large-diameter portion, the blade being disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the hub. The impeller is configured such that, when a first radial-directional cross section is a cross section of the impeller at an axial-directional position passing a tip of the first edge, at least a part of the first radial-directional cross section in a blade-height range of 50% or more is inclined downstream in a rotational direction of the impeller with respect to a radial direction.
BI-MATERIAL JOINT FOR ENGINE
An engine bi-material joint includes a first flange composed of a first material and defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and a second flange composed of a second material and defining a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The second flange is different from the first material. An interface flange is engaged with the first flange and with the second flange. The interface flange defines a third coefficient of thermal expansion being equal to or less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the first flange. The third coefficient of thermal expansion is less than the second coefficient of thermal expansion of the second flange. The first coefficient of thermal expansion of the first flange is less than the second coefficient of thermal expansion of the second flange.
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CYCLIC SETTING OF BLADES
The invention describes a system for controlling the cyclic setting of blades (1) of a turbine engine propeller, the blades (1) being arranged in a plane normal to the axis of rotation (r) of the propeller, the system comprising: —a plate assembly (40) that can be tilted relative to the normal plane (P), —an articulation system (50) articulating the plate assembly (40) relative to the blades (1) such that tilting the plate assembly (40) modifies the setting of the blades (1), —a force sensor (5) designed to measure a force applied in the normal plane (P) by an air flow at the inlet of the propeller blades (1), —a cylinder (60) suitable for tilting the plate assembly (40) in response to a force measured by the force sensor (5).
Radial turbine rotor for gas turbine engine
A radial turbine rotor associated with an engine includes a disk, and a plurality of blades spaced apart about a perimeter of the disk. Each blade includes a forward end, an aft end and a root. The radial turbine rotor includes a plurality of sectors, with each sector coupled to the root of a respective blade of the plurality of blades. Each sector of the plurality of sectors defines a first surface configured to contact a working fluid and a second surface configured to be coupled to the disk, and each sector of the plurality of sectors defines at least one pocket between the first surface and the second surface proximate the forward end that extends toward the aft end. The radial turbine rotor includes a feather seal slot defined between adjacent sectors of the plurality of sectors proximate the first surface.
TURBINE EXHAUST CASE MIXER
The turbine exhaust case (TEC) mixer assembly for an aircraft engine includes a center body including a hub that encloses a center body cavity and has a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are axially spaced apart. The first and second wall portions having axial end segments which are removably coupled to each other radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the center body via a fixing arrangement including a fastener that is enclosed within the center body cavity. An axial spring includes a gap axially defined between portions of the axial end segments and located at the outer periphery of the center body. A mixer extends peripherally about the center body and is spaced radially outward from the hub by a plurality of struts extending between the hub and the mixer, the plurality of struts being axially offset from the gap at a strut-hub interface.
Blade for a turbomachine
The invention refers to a blade for a turbomachine comprising a shroud which is positioned on a tip side of the blade having an outer surface having at least one circumferential web arranged thereon, at least one pocket recessed in the outer surface and a hardfacing provided on at least one edge of the shroud wherein a pocket recessed in the outer surface is arranged adjacent to the hardfacing and a side face of the pocket joins the supporting wall with a radius corresponding at least to the length of the shorter extension of the supporting wall and at most to 1.5 times the length of the larger extension of the supporting wall.
CABIN BLOWER SYSTEM
A cabin blower for an aircraft, the system comprising: a cabin blower compressor; an electric machine; and a controller configured to control the cabin blower system so that: in a cabin blower mode of operation, the cabin blower compressor is driven by power extracted from one or more spools of a gas turbine engine of the aircraft and provides a flow of air to a cabin of the aircraft. The controller may be further configured to control the system so that: in a rotor bow mitigation mode of operation, the cabin blower compressor is driven by the electric machine using electrical power from an electrical power source and provides a flow of air through a core of the gas turbine engine to remove heat from the core. A method of operating a cabin blower system of an aircraft is also provided.