The invention relates to a turbine wheel (34) comprising a plurality of vanes connected to an annular platform (24) carrying annular lips (36, 38). According to the invention, one of the upstream lip (38) and the downstream lip (36) is of a first type or of a second type, with the first type corresponding to one lip (36) having the upstream face (36a) which is concave curved and the downstream face (36b) which is convex curved and the second type corresponding to a lip (38) having the upstream (38a) and downstream (38b) faces which are substantially flat and mutually parallel.

A turbomachine and a method of operating the turbomachine are disclosed. The turbomachine includes a stator, a rotor including a rotor bearing face, and a face seal assembly including a first segmented seal ring and a second segmented seal ring. The first segmented seal ring includes a plurality of joints and a first flat-contact surface and the second segmented seal ring includes a plurality of segment ends and a second flat-contact surface. One of the first and second segmented seal rings includes a seal bearing face. The second segmented seal ring is coupled to the first segmented seal ring such that the second flat-contact surface is in contact with the first flat-contact surface. The plurality of segment ends is circumferentially offset from the plurality of joints. The first segmented seal ring is slidably coupled to the stator and defines a face seal clearance between the rotor and seal bearing faces.

An annular duct including a modular annular heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine is provided, where the modular annular heat exchanger includes a plurality of radial modules in circumferentially adjacent arrangement. Each radial module includes a cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, a plurality of blades, and a cooled fluid outlet plenum segment. The plurality of blades is configured in circumferentially adjacent arrangement and defines an angular space that is conformal between each circumferentially adjacent blade. The cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, the plurality of blades, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment are in serial axial flow arrangement and define an internal cooled fluid flowpath and an external cooling fluid flowpath parallel to the internal cooled fluid flowpath. Each radial module further includes an inner annular ring segment and an outer annular ring segment. The inner annular ring segment and the outer annular ring segment define a plurality of blade retainers. The blade retainers define an axial, radial, and circumferential position of the blades, the cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment.

An airfoil fairing shell for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section between an outer vane endwall and an inner vane endwall, at least one of the outer vane endwall and the inner vane endwall including a radial attachment face, a suction side tangential attachment face, a pressure side tangential attachment face, and an axial attachment face.

A method and casting core for forming a landing for welding a baffle inserted into an airfoil are disclosed, wherein the baffle landing of the blade or vane is formed in investment casting by the casting core rather than by wax, reducing tolerances and variability in the location of the baffle inserted into the cooling cavity of airfoil when the baffle is welded to the baffle landing.

A cooling system includes: a high pressure bleed line configured to bleed high pressure compressed air from a first bleed position of a compressor and to send the air to a first hot part; a low pressure bleed line configured to bleed low pressure compressed air from a second bleed position of the compressor and to send the air to a second hot part; an orifice provided in the low pressure bleed line; a connecting line configured to connect the high pressure bleed line and the low pressure bleed line; a first valve provided in the connecting line; a bypass line configured to connect the connecting line and the low pressure bleed line; and a second valve provided in the bypass line.

The leading edge, the trailing edge, or both may be axially offset for a portion of the airfoils in a disk. By offsetting the airfoils, the downstream wake energy to the next stage of airfoils may be decreased. By staggering airfoils which are offset with airfoils that are not offset, the wake shapes from the airfoils may be out of phase and will not excite the downstream airfoils as much as conventional systems. This may decrease vibration and associated vibratory stresses in the system.

A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an arcuate outer shroud, an arcuate inner shroud radially spaced from the outer shroud and a plurality of stator vanes extending from the outer shroud to the inner shroud. A volume of potting is located at the inner shroud and at the outer shroud to retain the plurality of stator vanes thereat. A stator and case assembly includes a case defining a working fluid flowpath and a stator assembly positioned at the case. The stator assembly includes a plurality of stator segments arranged circumferentially about an engine axis, each stator segment including an arcuate outer shroud secured to the case, an arcuate inner shroud, and a plurality of stator vanes extending from the outer to inner shroud. A volume of potting is located at the inner shroud and at the outer shroud to retain the plurality of stator vanes thereat.

A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular outer shroud, an annular inner shroud radially spaced from the outer shroud and a plurality of stator vanes extending from the outer shroud to the inner shroud. A volume of potting is located at the inner shroud and at the outer shroud to retain the plurality of stator vanes thereat. A stator and case assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a case defining a working fluid flowpath for the gas turbine engine and a stator assembly located at the case. The stator assembly includes an annular outer shroud secured to the case, an annular inner shroud secured to the case and a plurality of stator vanes extending from the outer to the inner shroud. A volume of potting is located at the inner shroud and at the outer shroud to retain the plurality of stator vanes thereat.

A gas turbine engine component having a cooling passage includes a first wall defining an inlet of the cooling passage, a second wall generally opposite the first wall and defining an outlet of the cooling passage, a metering section extending downstream from the inlet, and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet. The metering section includes an upstream side and a downstream side generally opposite the upstream side. At least one of the upstream and downstream sides includes a first passage wall and a second passage wall where the first and second passage walls intersect to form a V-shape.