An aerospike nozzle for an upper stage rocket of a multi-stage rocket system includes a throat, a centerbody extending aft of the throat, and an expansion surface defined by the centerbody, wherein the centerbody is an annular aerospike having a base that at least partially defines an aft end of the upper stage rocket. An engine includes a high pressure chamber and the aerospike nozzle. A vehicle for supersonic flight includes the engine with the aerospike nozzle.

A fiber-reinforced component for use in a gas turbine engine includes a fiber sleeve forming a cooling channel and a plurality of fiber plies enclosing the fiber sleeve, with the plurality of fiber plies forming first and second walls separated by the fiber sleeve. The fiber-reinforced component further includes a matrix material between fibers of the fiber sleeve and the plurality of fiber plies.

There is provided a seal assembly comprising: a first component and a second component spaced apart from the first component so as to define a passage for the transfer of fluid from an inlet of the seal assembly to an outlet of the seal assembly, wherein the first component comprises a concavity at least partially defining the passage, and wherein no part of the second component extends into the portion of the passage bounded by the concavity.

The present invention relates to a labyrinth seal for a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, comprising a rotor element and a stator element extending around the rotor element, the rotor element being suitable for rotating relative to the stator element about an axis of rotation having an axial direction (DA), the rotor element comprising an annular lip having an outer radial end extending towards an abradable element (57) carried by the stator element, the outer radial end of the annular lip having a corrugation in the axial direction (DA) and a non-zero axial expanse (E.sub.5) associated with the corrugation, the abradable element (57) comprising a plurality of cells (50a, 50b) arranged adjacent to one another along the axial direction (DA) and an ortho-radial direction (O), the cells (50a, 50b) comprising walls which extend in an essentially radial direction, the cells being distributed with a first cell density in a first densified annular zone (Z.sub.51) of the abradable element, said densified annular zone (Z.sub.51) being located opposite the radial end of the lip, said densified annular zone having an axial expanse less than or equal to the axial expanse of the outer radial end of the lip, the cells being distributed according to a reference density of cells outside said first zone, the first density being greater than the reference density.

A turbine blade having a gas film cooling structure with a composite irregular groove. The turbine blade has a hollow structure, and a plurality of first grooves which are recessed grooves are provided on an outer surface thereof. A plurality of discrete holes A extending to an inner surface of the turbine blade are provided at the groove bottom of each first groove. The first groove is an irregular groove, and includes at least two portions in a depth direction. A portion having a depth H.sub.1 from the groove bottom of the first groove is a first portion, and the rest thereof is a second portion. At least one side surface of the second portion is formed by expanding in lateral direction from a corresponding side surface of the first portion.

A gas turbine engine article includes an article wall that defines leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends. The article wall defines a cavity. A cooling passage network is embedded in the article wall between inner and outer portions of the article wall. The cooling passage network has an inlet orifice through the inner portion of the article wall to receive cooling air from the cavity, a plurality of sub-passages that extend axially from the at least one inlet orifice, at least one outlet orifice through the outer portion of the airfoil wall, and trip strips for mixing cooling air in the cooling passage network.

An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a turbine engine component that includes a sidewall and a cooling aperture. The cooling aperture includes an inlet, an outlet, a meter section, a diffuser section and a transition section between and fluidly coupled with the meter section and the diffuser section. The cooling aperture extends through the sidewall from the inlet to the outlet. The meter section is at the inlet. The diffuser section is at the outlet. The transition section is configured to accommodate lateral misalignment between the meter section and the diffuser section.

A device for removing and/or installing an annular component, which is arranged at a position within a turbine housing, which position is accessible via an access point of the turbine housing. A method for removing and for installing a component of this type by a device of this type.

An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an array of pins positioned in an internal cavity of the airfoil, such that cooling channels are defined in the interspaces between adjacent pins. Each pin extends lengthwise from a first airfoil wall to a second airfoil wall and is connected thereto at a first intersection and at a second intersection respectively. The pin has a first cross-sectional shape at a respective intersection and a second cross-sectional shape at an intermediate plane located between the first and second intersections. The first cross-sectional shape includes a closed shape defined by relatively sharp corners and the second cross-sectional shape includes a closed shape defined by relatively rounded corners. A cross-sectional area of the pin at the intermediate plane is greater than a cross-sectional area of the pin at the respective intersection.

Provided is a blade capable of optimizing an outflow angle in substantially the entire hub region and tip region, particularly in a blade-end-side hub region and a blade-end-side tip region. The blade includes: a base blade part; a suction-side elevated portion provided on a suction surface near a trailing edge in at least one of the blade-end-side tip region and the blade-end-side hub region of the base blade part; and a pressure-side elevated portion provided on a pressure surface near the trailing edge in at least one of a midspan-side tip region and a midspan-side hub region of the base blade part. An airfoil at each spanwise position where the elevated portion is provided is such that a trailing-edge curve of a base airfoil is changed to a modified trailing-edge curve. The modified trailing-edge curve includes a portion of the trailing-edge curve of the base airfoil in the spanwise region where the elevated portion is provided, the portion being closer to the pressure side or the suction side than the trailing edge, and an elevated portion curve. The elevated portion curve includes a concave front-side curve and a convex rear-side curve.