A gas turbine engine is disclosed having a turbine, one or more hydrocarbon gas combustors, and a compressor. The compressor has a rotor assembly with one or more rotor blade rows extending radially outward from an inner wheel disk. The compressor also has a stator assembly with one or more stator vane rows extending radially inward from an inner casing and positioned between adjacent rotor blade rows. The inner casing extends circumferentially around the rotor assembly and is constructed from at least one low-alpha metal alloy.

An adjustable guide vane for a compressor, in particular a high-pressure compressor, of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine is described, said vane comprising a radially outer storage section, a radially inner storage section, and a vane section, which extends in the radial direction between the outer storage section and the inner storage section, wherein the outer and the inner storage sections are designed in such a way that the adjustable guide vane can be taken up rotatably about a vane axis in the compressor, and wherein the radially inner storage section is designed like a journal (cone-shaped) and has a casing surface that revolves relative to the vane axis, said surface being of convex shape. In this way, it is provided that the radius of curvature of the convex casing surface is at least double the maximum diameter of the storage section.

A gas turbine engine (10) comprising: a high pressure turbine (17); a low pressure turbine (19); a high pressure compressor (15) coupled to the high pressure turbine (17) by a high pressure shaft (27); a propulsor (23) and a low pressure compressor (14) coupled to the low pressure turbine (19) via a low pressure shaft (26) and a reduction gearbox (30); wherein the low pressure compressor (14) consists of four compressor stages (14) and defines a cruise pressure ratio of between 2.4:1 and 3.3:1; the high pressure compressor (15) defines a cruise pressure ratio of less than 17:1; and the high pressure compressor (15) and low pressure compressor (14) together define a cruise core overall pressure ratio of greater than 36:1.

A compressor stator vane unit includes multiple compressor stator vanes disposed at a certain interval in a circumferential direction; and an annular joint member connected with inner ends of the multiple compressor stator vanes; wherein the annular joint member constitutes an outer diameter side surface of a leakage fluid flow path provided in an inner diameter side of the joint member to communicate a high-pressure space with a low-pressure space respectively located downstream and upstream of the multiple compressor stator vanes in a fluid flow direction, and D/P is set to 0.05≤D/P≤0.2, wherein D is defined as a distance in an axial direction between an upstream end surface of the annular joint member and an upstream edge of the multiple compressor stator vanes in the fluid flow direction and P is defined as a pitch between the adjacent compressor stator vanes in the circumferential direction.

A turbomachine compressor module, comprising an annular array of structural arms defining inter-arm spaces between two circumferentially adjacent arms; and an annular array of stator vanes with variable orientation about a respective axis (A) and disposed at least partially within the inter-arm spaces. The arms are provided with flaps pivotable about a respective axis (B). Also, a turbomachine provided with such a module and a row of rotor blades directly downstream of the module.

An airfoil profile for a turbine blade of a gas turbine is provided. The turbine blade may include an airfoil portion having an uncoated nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1, wherein the X, Y, and Z coordinates are distances in inches measured in a Cartesian coordinate system, the corresponding X and Y coordinates, when connected by a smooth continuous arc, define one of a plurality of airfoil profile sections at each Z distance, and the plurality of airfoil profile sections, when joined together by smooth continuous arcs, define an airfoil shape.

The invention relates to an airfoil for a compressor of a turbomachine, which extends starting from a blade root between a leading edge and a trailing edge to a blade tip, wherein the leading edge has a leading-edge thickness and the airfoil has a maximum profile thickness, the ratio of which to each other represents a relative leading-edge thickness, and the airfoil has a leading-edge wedge angle.

A gas turbine engine including: a high pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine, a high pressure compressor coupled to the high pressure turbine by a high pressure shaft, a propulsor and a low pressure compressor coupled to the low pressure turbine via a low pressure shaft and a reduction gearbox; wherein the high pressure compressor defines an average stage pressure ratio at cruise conditions of between 1.25 and 1.35 and consists of 10 or 11 stages; and the high pressure compressor and low pressure compressor together define a core overall pressure ratio at cruise conditions of between 40:1 and 60:1.

A housing for a rotor of an engine is provided. The housing forms an interior space for accommodating the rotor that is defined by a housing wall and the housing wall (W) circumferentially surrounds the rotor that is accommodated inside the housing. The housing has at least one service opening which is provided in the housing wall for maintenance and/or repair work and through which the interior space is accessible from the outside. The service opening is provided in the area of two facing flange sections of the housing, wherein the service opening is closed by at least one closure part that is received at least partially inside a gap formed between the facing flange sections and fixated therein in a releasable manner.

A turbomachine includes a compressor including variable-pitch stationary vanes each extending radially between a rotary hub and a stationary casing surrounding this rotary hub, each variable-pitch vane including a blade having a base spaced apart by a first radial gap from a stationary wall of the casing, and a tip spaced apart by a second radial gap from a rotary wall of the rotary hub. The stationary wall of the casing or the rotary wall of the rotary hub includes at the blade a shape treatment arranged to channel an air leak passing through the corresponding gap.