F05D2240/307

AIRFOIL FOR A TURBOMACHINE
20230160309 · 2023-05-25 · ·

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.

MORPHABLE ROTOR BLADES AND TURBINE ENGINE SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME
20230160307 · 2023-05-25 ·

Morphable rotor blades for a turbine engine systems include a root portion and an airfoil portion having a morphable portion including a morphable material that changes shape in response to a stimulus.

Blade with tip rail, cooling

An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.

Airfoil with continuous stiffness joint

An airfoil for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil section extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction and extending between a tip portion and a root section in a spanwise direction. The airfoil section defines pressure and suction sides separated in a thickness direction. A sheath extends in the spanwise direction along at least one of the pressure and suction sides of the airfoil section. A tip cap extends in the chordwise direction along the at least one of the pressure and suction sides. The sheath includes a first set of interface members. The tip cap includes a second set of interface members interleaved with the first set of interface members to establish at least one joint along an external surface of the at least one of the pressure and suction sides. A method of assembly for an airfoil is also disclosed.

Super-cooled ice impact protection for a gas turbine engine
11619135 · 2023-04-04 · ·

A gas turbine engine comprises a fan mounted to rotate about a main longitudinal axis; an engine core, comprising in axial flow series a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft; a reduction gearbox that receives an input from the shaft and outputs drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the shaft; wherein the compressor comprises a first stage at an inlet and a second stage, downstream of the first stage, comprising respectively a first rotor with a row of first blades and a second rotor with a row of second blades, the first and second blades comprising respective leading edges, trailing edges and tips, and wherein the ratio of a maximum leading edge radius of the first blades to a maximum leading edge radius of the second blades is greater than 2.8.

BONDING METHOD FOR REPAIR OF SUPERALLOY ARTICLE

A method of repair of a part is provided and includes removing a section that is damaged from the part, casting a replacement section for the part, the replacement section having a geometry similar to that of the section in an undamaged condition and bonding the replacement section to the part using field assisted sintering technology (FAST).

FAN AND ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER WITH IMPROVED AIR OUTLET PERFORMANCE
20230145011 · 2023-05-11 ·

A fan includes an air cylinder and an air outlet hood. An interior of the air cylinder is hollow to form a hollow cavity. The air cylinder has an air inlet and an air outlet. The air outlet hood is detachably disposed on the air outlet. The air outlet hood is provided with an annular air outlet for air outlet. An outer ring and/or an inner ring of the annular air outlet is formed with an annular guide rib extending toward the air inlet. The annular guide rib is configured to make an airflow cross section adjacent to the annular air outlet gradually decrease, so as to make an airflow in the air outlet hood cohesive, thereby increasing an air outlet speed of the annular air outlet. A hair dryer having the fan is also disclosed.

Vane assembly with spring device for biasing mate face seal

An assembly includes first and second core gaspath walls. Each of the core gaspath walls defines a core gas path side and a non-core gas path side. The first and second core gaspath walls are arranged next to each other and define a gap therebetween. There is a seal arranged on the non-core gas path side that bridges over the gap to seal the gap. A spring device has a plurality of spring elements. The spring elements bias the seal against the non-core gas path sides of the first and second core gaspath walls.

BLADE PLATFORM COOLING IN A GAS TURBINE
20170370230 · 2017-12-28 · ·

A blade for a rotor of a gas turbine has: a root, a platform having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, a hollow aerofoil, an inner cooling passage inside the hollow aerofoil for channelling a first cooling medium to a first plurality of outlet cooling holes on an external surface of the hollow aerofoil, a channel, separated from the first cooling circuit, extending through the platform for channelling a second cooling medium from at least one opening of the channel to a second plurality of outlet cooling holes provided on the upper surface of the platform. The at least one opening of the channel is provided on the lower surface of the platform in order to receive in operation the second cooling medium from an inner cavity of the rotor.

TURBINE AIRFOIL COOLING SYSTEM WITH CHORDWISE EXTENDING SQUEALER TIP COOLING CHANNEL
20170370232 · 2017-12-28 ·

An internal cooling system (10) for an airfoil (12) in a turbine engine (14) whereby the cooling system (10) includes a chordwise extending tip cooling channel (16) radially inward of a squealer tip (18) and formed at least in part by an inner wall (20) with a nonlinear outer surface (22) is disclosed. The nonlinear outer surface (22) of the inner wall (20) of the chordwise extending tip cooling channel (16) may be formed from pressure and suction side sections (24, 26) that intersect at a point (74) that is closer to the inner surface (30) of an outer wall (32) forming at least a portion of the squealer tip (18) than other aspects of the pressure side section (24) and the suction side section (26). The configurations of the pressure and suction side sections (24, 26) reduces the flow cross-sectional area, which accelerates the cooling fluid flow in a chordwise direction within the chordwise extending tip cooling channel (16) and directs cooling fluid toward the pressure and suction side outer walls (34, 36) for improved cooling efficiency.