F05D2250/611

FLOW MIXER STIFFENER RING SEGMENTED SPRINGS

A gas turbine engine comprises a main gas path having an inner flow boundary wall and an outer flow boundary wall. A turbine exhaust case inner body defines a portion of the inner flow boundary wall of the main gas path. A lobed exhaust mixer defines a portion of the outer flow boundary wall of the main gas path. A stiffener ring is interconnected to at least a number lobes of the lobed exhaust mixer by a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart struts extending through the main gas path. The stiffener ring is attached to the turbine exhaust case inner body by flexible features, such as circumferentially spaced-apart spring blades.

SEALING CONFIGURATION TO REDUCE AIR LEAKAGE

A seal assembly for a fluid transfer tube in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the seal assembly includes a base member having a first side configured to mate with a casing and a second side opposite the first side, a housing configured to mate with the second side of the base member and to surround a portion of the fluid transfer tube, a bellows surrounding the fluid transfer tube and positioned between the housing and the casing, and a wear ring disposed between the housing and the bellows.

SEALING CONFIGURATION TO REDUCE AIR LEAKAGE

A seal assembly for a fluid transfer tube in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the seal assembly includes a boot seal configured to surround a length of the fluid transfer tube, the boot seal having a first end and a second end and a seal ring disposed at the first end, an attachment ring configured to mate with the seal ring and to secure the seal ring against a casing, an annular ring configured to mate with an interior surface of the boot seal at the second end and to surround a portion of the fluid transfer tube, and a clamp ring configured to surround the second end of the boot seal proximate the annular ring.

Cooling systems and internally-cooled engine parts having an impingement cavity with an undulating internal surface

An airfoil is provided. The airfoil comprises a crossover and an impingement cavity in fluid communication with the crossover and having an internal surface. At least a portion of the internal surface comprises an undulating internal surface. A plurality of trip strips may be disposed on the at least a portion of the internal surface to define the undulating internal surface. A gas turbine engine and an internally-cooled engine part are also provided.

Gas turbine engine wave geometry combustor liner panel
10508808 · 2019-12-17 · ·

A panel for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a cold side defining at least one convex portion and at least one concave portion. The concave portion is in communication with a passage. A method of operating a combustor section of a gas turbine engine includes: directing an impingement flow toward a multiple of peaks on a cold side of a panel; directing the impingement flow from the multiple of peaks toward a multiple of troughs with a multiple of entrances on the cold side of the panel; and directing the impingement flow through the multiple of entrances and a respective multiple of effusion passages through the panel.

Fan And Fan Blades
20240084815 · 2024-03-14 ·

A fan blade (1) has a front inflow edge (2) and a rear outflow edge (3). The fan blade (1) also has an at least partially wavy inflow edge (4), that forms a wave (W) having a specific three-dimensional waveform.

Airfoil tip arrangement for gas turbine engine

An airfoil for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes a platform section and an airfoil section extending in a spanwise direction from the platform section to a tip portion establishing a tip. The airfoil section has an external wall defining pressure and suction sides extending in a chordwise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the pressure and suction sides are spaced apart in a thickness direction between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The tip portion includes a tip pocket and a tip shelf extending inwardly from the tip. The tip pocket and tip shelf are on opposite sides of a shelf wall.

LEADING EDGE PROFILE OF VANES

A vane configured to be placed with a plurality of identical vanes so as to form a vane wheel for an aeroengine, the vane wheel defining an axis, the vane having an airfoil presenting a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading-edge curve describing the shape of the leading edge of the airfoil in a view perpendicular to the airfoil presenting at least one leading-edge undulation , said at least one leading-edge undulation extending over less than 30% of a length of the airfoil from the first end of the airfoil.

Inertial particle separator flow and particle bounce control

An intertial particle seperator (IPS) including an intake air duct, a scavenge duct that shares an interior common wall with the intake air duct, a clean air duct, and a splitter. The splitter is configured to split a flow of intake air into a flow of scavenge air to pass through the scavenge duct and a flow of clean air to pass through the clean air duct. The IPS also includes a plurality of valleys on the intake air duct. The plurality of valleys includes a plurality of troughs and peaks along the interior common wall. In addition, each trough of the plurality of valleys extends along a direction of the flow of intake air.

Fan and fan blades

A fan blade (1) has a front inflow edge (2) and a rear outflow edge (3). The fan blade (1) has an at least partially wavy inflow edge (4) that forms a wave (W) having a specific three-dimensional waveform.