An evaporative cooling pack formed from first and second corrugated media sheets is provided. The evaporative cooling pack cools a flow of air using a cooling fluid. The first and second corrugated media sheets have flutes that extend at different angles relative to a reference line and at such relative angles and have flute pitches that inhibit nesting of the adjacent sheets.

The present invention relates to a rotor assembly for a rotary machine such as a gas turbine. The present solution provides a sealing wire located inside a groove engraved in the rotor body. The sealing wire is responsive to radial centrifugal forces acting during normal operation of the machine, and moves radially in the groove until a sealing configuration is achieved such to prevent damaging hot leakage towards machine components.

A method for measuring a pre-twist amount of a blade includes a spreading dimension acquiring step, a misalignment acquiring step, a correcting step, and a pre-twist amount acquiring step. In the spreading dimension acquiring step, circumferential spreading dimensions of each shroud of two rotor blades are acquired. In the misalignment acquiring step, a misalignment amount in the direction of the axis between the shrouds of two rotor blades adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction is measured. In the correcting step, the spreading dimension acquired in the spreading dimension acquiring step is corrected on the basis of the misalignment amount acquired by the misalignment acquiring step. In the pre-twist amount acquiring step, the pre-twist amount of the blade is acquired on the basis of the spreading dimension corrected in the correcting step.

A cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a gas turbine engine component having a first portion connected to a second portion via a curved surface. An inlet is formed in or near one of the first and second portions to receive a cooling air flow. An outlet is formed in or near the other of the first and second portions to direct cooling flow along a surface of the gas turbine engine component. At least one cooling path extends between the inlet and the outlet and has at least one cooling path portion that conforms in shape to the curved surface. A gas turbine engine and a method of forming a cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.

A method for measuring a pre-twist amount of a blade includes a spreading dimension acquiring step, a misalignment acquiring step, a correcting step, and a pre-twist amount acquiring step. In the spreading dimension acquiring step, circumferential spreading dimensions of each shroud-of two rotor blades are acquired. In the misalignment acquiring step, a misalignment amount in the direction of the axis between the shrouds of two rotor blades adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction is measured. In the correcting step, the spreading dimension acquired in the spreading dimension acquiring step is corrected on the basis of the misalignment amount acquired by the misalignment acquiring step. In the pre-twist amount acquiring step, the pre-twist amount of the blade is acquired on the basis of the spreading dimension corrected in the correcting step.

An evaporative cooling pack formed from first and second corrugated media sheets is provided. The evaporative cooling pack cools a flow of air using a cooling fluid. The first and second corrugated media sheets have flutes that extend at different angles relative to a reference line and at such relative angles and have flute pitches that inhibit nesting of the adjacent sheets.

A variable displacement exhaust turbocharger according to at least one embodiment comprises: a plurality of nozzle vanes; an annular drive ring; and a lever plate fitted at one end in a groove portion disposed in the drive ring via a connecting pin portion and connected at another end to each nozzle vane. The value of dimensionless slippage S between the groove portion and the connecting pin portion is equal to or less than 0.0016. The dimensionless slippage S is represented by a certain equation.