Patent classifications
F05D2220/3217
Turbine blade airfoil profile
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine has an airfoil including leading and trailing edges joined by spaced-apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending from a platform in a spanwise direction to a tip. The external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1, the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location.
SUPER-COOLED ICE IMPACT PROTECTION FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan mounted to rotate about a main longitudinal axis; an engine core, comprising in axial flow series a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft; a reduction gearbox that receives an input from the shaft and outputs drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the shaft; wherein the compressor comprises a first stage at an inlet and a second stage, downstream of the first stage, comprising respectively a first rotor with a row of first blades and a second rotor with a row of second blades, the first and second blades comprising respective leading edges, trailing edges and tips, and wherein the ratio of a maximum leading edge radius of the first blades to a maximum leading edge radius of the second blades is greater than 2.8.
Blade having a rib for an engine and method of directing ingestion material using the same
A blade for an engine includes an airfoil body having a pressure side and a suction side, a base, and a rib located on the pressure side of the airfoil body. The rib includes a radially outer surface inclined radially outwardly with respect to the pressure side of the airfoil body and a scoop formed by the radially outer surface. The radially outer surface is inclined radially outward with respect to a normal axis to the pressure side of the airfoil body. The rib is angled at a positive angle with respect to the platform. An engine for and a method of directing ingestion material in an engine may employ the rib.
HEAT EXCHANGER INTEGRATION
A front centre body (FCB) structure for a geared turbofan engine comprises a plurality of vanes extending across the inlet duct to a low pressure compressor and integrates a heat exchanging arrangement to control the temperature of the gearbox of the turbofan engine.
COMPRESSOR ROTOR BLADE AIRFOILS
A rotor blade includes an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in one of Table I, Table II, Table III, Table IV, Table V, Table VI, Table VII, Table VIII, or Table IX. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a scaling factor of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
Fan assembly having flow recirculation circuit with rotating airfoils
There is disclosed a fan assembly including a fan rotor including a hub and fan blades. The fan blades have a leading edge and a trailing edge. A fan stator downstream of the fan rotor relative to a direction of an airflow through the fan assembly. The fan stator includes vanes extending between radially inner ends and radially outer ends. A flow recirculation circuit has an inlet downstream of the vanes of the fan stator and an outlet upstream of the vanes. A recirculation rotor has a plurality of airfoils circumferentially distributed around the axis and located in the flow recirculation circuit. The recirculation rotor is rotatable about the axis within the recirculation circuit. A method of operating the fan assembly is also disclosed.
COMPRESSOR ROTOR BLADE AIRFOILS
A rotor blade includes an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape has a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a scaling factor of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
COMPRESSOR FLOWPATH
A compressor section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a low pressure compressor including a plurality of rotor blades arranged about an axis, a high pressure compressor, and a core flowpath passing through the low pressure compressor. The core flowpath at the low pressure compressor defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter relative to the axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.
Rotor Disk Having a Curved Rotor Arm for an Aircraft Gas Turbine
Described is a rotor disk (40) for a compressor (29, 32) of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine (10), the rotor disk having a main body (42), at least one rotor arm (44) projecting from the main body (42) in the axial direction (AR), the rotor arm (44) having, in a sectional view taken in a sectional plane defined by the axial direction (AR) and the radial direction (RR) a beginning portion (44a) merging into the main body (42); an end (44e) portion remote from the main body (42) and forming a kind of free end in the axial direction (AR), the beginning portion (44a) and the end portion (44e) being interconnected by an intermediate portion (44z), characterized in that the intermediate portion (44z) is curved with at least one radius of curvature (Ri, Ra).
Vacuum pump, and blade component, rotor, and stationary blade used therein
A vacuum pump includes a plurality of exhaust stages provided between an inlet port and an exhaust port so as to function as means for exhausting gas molecules, and a number of blades provided between the inlet port and an uppermost exhaust stage of the plurality of exhaust stages so as to rotate together with a rotary blade that constitutes the uppermost exhaust stage as a particle transport stage for transporting particles in an exhaust direction of the gas molecules, the number being smaller than the number of rotary blades that constitutes the uppermost exhaust stage.