Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tip-controlled integrally bladed rotor for gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US14973943Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US09856740B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Alexandre Ayers
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: F01D7/02
- IPC: F01D7/02 ; F01D11/14 ; F01D11/16 ; F01D11/22 ; F01D5/34 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/22 ; F01D5/30

Abstract:
An integrally bladed rotor for a gas turbine engine includes a hub, a plurality of blades radially extending from the hub and being integrally formed therewith. The hub having a rim from which the blades project and a pair of axially opposed split hub members extending at least radially inward from the rim. Each of the split hub members has a radially outer flex arm portion extending form the hub and a radially inner moment flange portion. At least one moment inducing element separately formed from the hub is mounted axially between the opposed split hub members and acts on the moment flange portions of the opposed split hub members to generate an inward bending moment on the flex arm portions of the opposed split hub members during rotation of the rotor, thereby deflecting the rim and the blades of the rotor radially inwardly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160102565A1 TIP-CONTROLLED INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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