Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a flex mount for a fan drive gear system. A very high speed fan drive turbine drives the fan drive gear system.
Abstract:
Cooling air to the 1-2 turbine stage seal is supplied in parallel with air to the vane (52) between the turbines (42, 48) from a plenum (24). A modulatable valve in the supply line to the plenum (24) regulates the air flow in response to a gas temperature sensed in the seal area by a thermocouple (26). Valve and thermocouples are checked for proper operation. Immediate alerts and maintenance messages are established along with fail safe operating conditions upon fault detection. Over cooling of the seal area during low power operation, in anticipation of a power increase, is used to improve low cycle fatigue life of the turbine disk and seal runner.
Abstract:
A turbofan engine includes a fan section including a fan blade having a leading edge and hub to tip ratio of less than about 0.34 and greater than about 0.020 measured at the leading edge and a speed change mechanism with gear ratio greater than about 2.6 to 1. A first compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 67% of the radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section. A second compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 57% of a radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section.
Abstract:
A turbine engine system includes a first lubricant circuit, a second lubricant circuit, a plurality of engine stages and a shaft. The first lubricant circuit includes a first turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a first lubricant heat exchanger. The second lubricant circuit includes a second turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a second lubricant heat exchanger, wherein the second lubricant circuit is fluidly separate from the first lubricant circuit. The first turbine engine component includes a gear train, which connects a first of the engine stages to a second of the engine stages. The second turbine engine component includes a bearing. The shaft is supported by the bearing and connected to one of the engine stages.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan with a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis and a shroud and a speed change device in communication with the fan.