Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-noise blade for an open rotor
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Application No.: US17665483Application Date: 2022-02-04
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Publication No.: US11608743B1Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Daniel L. Tweedt , Syed Arif Khalid
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14

Abstract:
A blade for an open rotor includes a pressure side and a suction side, the pressure side and the suction side intersecting at a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least 30% of a span of the blade, the meanline of the airfoil section is shaped such that a relative curvature parameter is greater than 1.75 in a first region, less than 0.75 in a second region, and greater than 1.2 in a third region, wherein the relative curvature parameter of a region is defined by Δζn/Δζtot/Δ(x/c)n wherein ζ corresponds to the inverse tangent of the slope of a meanline curve, subscript n indicates the region, and x/c is a chordwise location normalized by the chord, and wherein the first region comprises at least x/c=0.0 to 0.10 and the third region comprises at least x/c=0.85 to 1.0.
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