A fan of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of fan blades secured to a rotor, each of the plurality of fan blades having an airfoil secured to the rotor at one end, wherein the airfoil comprises pockets filled with an elastomeric composite.

A gas turbine engine includes an annular structure disposed around an engine central longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine. The annular structure defines an annular channel and comprises a first density, according to various embodiments. The gas turbine engine may further include a weight-saving filler disposed within the annular channel. The weight-saving filler may have a second density that is less than the first density. The gas turbine engine may further include an annular retention strap disposed around the engine central longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine. The annular retention strap is at least partially embedded in the weight-saving filler, according to various embodiments.

A turbine machine blade has an aerodynamic surface that is made of organic matrix composite material reinforced by fibers and metal structural reinforcement that is adhesively bonded by an epoxy adhesive bond on the leading edge, which is of matching shape, and that presents along its entire height a section that is substantially V-shaped with a base extended by two lateral flanks of respective profiles that become thinner at free ends going towards the trailing edge. In order to increase the toughness of the epoxy adhesive bond in the event of the epoxy adhesive bond cracking, the epoxy adhesive bond includes a reinforcing sheet of elastomeric polymer enabling the reinforcing sheet to be torn into two portions, the elastomeric polymer having the following properties at 23 C.: Young's modulus E10 MPa; stress at rupture .sub.r>10 MPa; strain at rupture .sub.r>80%.

A bearing housing for connecting a bearing to a supporting structure of a gas turbine engine is discussed. The bearing housing has an inner wall and an outer wall radially spaced apart from the inner wall between which an annular space is defined. A device extends from the inner wall toward the outer wall and includes at least a first and a second member in series between the inner and outer walls, the second member having a radial stiffness greater than a radial stiffness of the first member. The device may operate in multiple operating stages, where in a first stage the first member of the device deforms to absorb at least partially a vibration load over a given range of vibration amplitude when the bearing housing deflects, and where in a subsequent second stage the second member of the device increases a total radial stiffness of the assembly of the bearing housing and device over the bearing housing alone.

An inner shroud segment may include an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing may have a radial curve centered relative to an axis with a radial wall and a bottom wall that define a first channel. The outer housing may have a first axial wall, a first circumferential wall, and a second axial wall that define a second channel. The outer housing may also be disposed within the first channel with the radial wall of the inner housing contacting the first axial wall, the first circumferential wall, and/or the second axial wall. A compliant material may be disposed within the second channel and coupled to the radial wall and the first axial wall, the first circumferential wall, and/or the second axial wall.

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, an annular ring configured to mate with the second side of the base member and to surround a portion of the fluid transfer tube, a first O-ring disposed between the annular ring and the fluid transfer tube, a second O-ring disposed between the base member and the annular ring, and an attachment ring configured to secure the annular ring and the base member to the casing.

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.

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.

A nosecone assembly having an axially extending centerline is provided. The assembly includes a nosecone body and at least one access panel. The nosecone body has at least one wall that defines an interior cavity. The wall has an interior surface contiguous with the interior cavity, and at least one window aperture extending through the wall. The access panel has first and second face surfaces. The access panel is attached to the wall interior surface within an attachment region that includes first and second attachment region portions partially contiguous with one another. The first and second attachment region portions define an interior unattached region, and the interior unattached region is aligned with the window aperture.

A fan blade platform is provided. The fan blade platform may include a wall, a first sidewall extending from the flowpath to a circular member, and a second sidewall extending from the flowpath to the circular member. A stiffening member may also extend from the circular member to the flowpath and be formed integrally with the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the flowpath.