Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine vanes
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Application No.: US15907538Application Date: 2018-02-28
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Publication No.: US10577956B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Richard Northall , Anthony J. Rae , Michael S. Krautheim , Alastair D. Walker , Jonathan F. Carrotte , Ian Mariah
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC
- Priority: GB1703423.2 20170303
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D9/04 ; F01D9/06 ; F01D9/02 ; F02K3/04

Abstract:
An annular array of turning vanes 200 is provided in a duct 100 of a gas turbine engine 10. The annular array of turning vanes 200 comprises aerodynamic vanes 220 and strut-vanes 240. The strut-vanes 240 have greater chord length and extend further axially downstream than the aerodynamic vanes 220. The leading edge of the strut-vanes 240 is upstream of the trailing edge of the aerodynamic vanes 220. The strut-vanes provide flow turning. The space to chord ratio of the aerodynamic vanes that are closest to the suction surface of a strut-vane is higher than the space to chord ratio of aerodynamic vanes that are closest to a pressure surface of the strut-vane. The arrangement allows the duct 100 to be axially short.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180252113A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE VANES Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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