A turbine component for use in a hot gas path of a gas turbine engine. The turbine component may include an outer surface, an internal cooling circuit, an adaptive cooling pathway in communication with the internal cooling circuit and extending through the outer surface, and a cooling plug having two or more materials positioned within the adaptive cooling pathway.

A turbine airfoil is provided with at least one insert positioned in a cavity in an airfoil interior. The insert extends along a span-wise extent of the turbine airfoil and includes first and second opposite faces. A first near-wall cooling channel is defined between the first face and a pressure sidewall of an airfoil outer wall. A second near-wall cooling channel is defined between the second face and a suction sidewall of the airfoil outer wall. The insert is configured to occupy an inactive volume in the airfoil interior so as to displace a coolant flow in the cavity toward the first and second near-wall cooling channels. A locating feature engages the insert with the outer wall for supporting the insert in position. The locating feature is configured to control flow of the coolant through the first or second near-wall cooling channel.

A fuel nozzle for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel nozzle has a fuel nozzle tip with an outer tip housing. The tip housing has a recess formed at an inner surface of the tip housing. A shim is disposed within the recess and a surface of the shim contacts a diaphragm of the fuel nozzle tip. A thermal adjustment member is disposed within the recess against the shim. The tip housing, diaphragm and shim are formed of a base material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (α.sub.1) and the thermal adjustment member is formed of a different material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (α.sub.2) higher than the coefficient of thermal expansion (α.sub.1) of the base material.

A propulsion system including a casing surrounding a fan rotor assembly is provided. An example casing includes an outer layer material, an inner layer material including first openings extended partially through the inner layer material along a radial direction of a first side of the inner layer material, and second openings extended partially through the inner layer material along the radial direction of a second side of the inner layer material opposite the first side, and a spring member coupled to the outer layer material and the inner layer material.

A valve includes an inlet, an outlet, and a biasing element. The biasing element includes a first spring element, a second spring element, and a valve element. The second spring element includes at least one bimetallic disk including a first and second material. The first material includes a first coefficient of linear thermal expansion, and the second material includes a second coefficient of linear thermal expansion different than the first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. The valve element disposed on an end of the first spring element.

A gas turbine engine (10) having a turbine blade tip clearance control system (12) for increasing the efficiency of the engine (10) by reducing the gap (14) between turbine blade tips (16) and radially outward ring segments (18) is disclosed. The turbine blade tip clearance control system (12) may include one or more clearance control bands (20) positioned radially outward of inner surfaces (22) of ring segments (18) and bearing against at least one outer surface (24) of the ring segments (18) to limit radial movement of the ring segments (18). During operation, the clearance control band (20) limits radial movement of the ring segments (18), and the turbine blade tips (16) do not have a pinch point during start-up transient conditions. In addition, the smallest gap (14) during turbine engine operation may be found at steady state operation of the gas turbine engine (10). Thus, the clearance control system (12) can set the gap (14) between turbine blade tips (16) and ring segments (18) to be zero at steady state operation.

A gas or steam turbine is disclosed herein. The turbine may include a throat area formed between adjacent buckets. The turbine also may include a variable throat device associated with at least one of the adjacent buckets. The variable throat device may be configured to vary the throat area between the adjacent buckets for improved part load performance.

A thermally responsive flow meter may comprise a coil and a plate coupled to the coil. The plate may define a first airflow aperture. The plate may translate in a circumferential direction in response to a thermal expansion of the coil. The thermally responsive flow meter may regulate the flow of air through a second airflow aperture.

The supercritical CO.sub.2 turbine in an embodiment includes: a rotary body; a stationary body housing the rotary body inside; and a turbine stage including a stator blade cascade in which a plurality of stator blades are supported inside the stationary body, and a rotor blade cascade in which a plurality of rotor blades are supported by the rotary body inside the stationary body, in which a supercritical CO.sub.2 working medium is introduced into the inside of the stationary body and flows via the turbine stage in an axial direction of the rotary body to thereby rotate the rotary body. Here, a thermal conductivity k1 and a specific heat c1 of a material constituting the rotary body and a thermal conductivity k2 and a specific heat c2 of a material constituting the stationary body satisfy a relationship represented by the following formula (A).

k1/c1≤k2/c2  formula (A)

A centrifugal pump for conveying a fluid includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet for the fluid. An impeller is arranged in the housing for rotation in an axial direction to convey the fluid from the inlet to the outlet, a shaft extends in the axial direction for driving the impeller, and a stationary guide device for guiding the fluid from the impeller to the outlet is connected to the housing. A resilient compensating element is disposed between the housing and the guide device, is arranged around the shaft, and holds the guide device in a centered position to the impeller during a radial relative movement to the housing.