Airfoil with cooling passage network having flow guides
Abstract:
An airfoil includes a cooling passage network is embedded in an airfoil wall between inner and outer portions of the airfoil wall. The cooling passage network has an entrance region adjacent the first end of the airfoil section, a plenum region between the entrance region and the second end of the airfoil section, and an exit region adjacent the plenum region. The entrance region includes a plurality of flow guides that divide the entrance region into a plurality of channels that open into the plenum region. The plenum region includes a plurality of pedestals that have a shape that is different from the flow guides.
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