Abstract:
A core (32) for casting a metal part having a body with solid portions (34) spaced apart by hollow portions (36). The body includes at least one support element (38) extending between adjacent solid portions. The support element provides stiffness and strength for the casting core during the casting process. The support element has an optimized shape to prevent the core from fracturing during the casting process and to minimize operating stress in the metal part around the area formed by the support element.
Abstract:
A rotor blade (14) for a rotor assembly (10) is provided that includes a root (18), an airfoil (20), and a damper (24). The airfoil (20) has a length, a base (28), a tip (30), a first side wall (36,38), a second side wall (38,36), and at least one cavity (40). The length extends the base (28) and the tip (30). The at least one cavity (40) is disposed between the side walls (36,38), and the channel (42) is defined by a first wall portion (54) and a second wall portion (56). The damper (24), which is selectively received within the channel (42), includes a first bearing surface (80), a second bearing surface (82), a forward surface (76), and an aft surface (78), all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage (92) within the channel (42). The passage (92) has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, the damper (24) has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline (71).
Abstract:
A damper seal received in a cavity of a turbine blade located between a platform and a retention shelf damper seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a central body portion having a first end region, an opposing second end region, and a width. The damper seal further includes a first portion extending from the first end region of the central body portion, and a first end region of the first portion includes first outwardly extending tabs that define a first enlarged portion that has a first width greater than the width of the central body portion and a second portion extending from the opposing second end region of the central body portion.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes spaced apart walls that provide a cooling passage that extends in a first direction. A cross-over rib joins the walls and extends along the first direction. The cross-over rib has holes that extend in a second direction transverse to the first direction. A row of at least one pedestal joins the walls and extends along the first direction. The row and the cross-over rib overlap one another in the second direction.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an body portion that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge includes at least one discharge slot having a first portion that includes an oval geometry.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a structure including spaced apart first and second exterior walls that extend in a first direction to an endwall. The first and second exterior walls are joined at the endwall to provide a cooling cavity. A wishbone baffle is arranged in the cooling cavity and includes first and second interior walls respectively adjacent to the first and second exterior walls. The first and second interior walls extend in the first direction to and are joined by an apex to provide a first cavity. The wishbone baffle separates the first cavity from a second cavity provided between the apex and the endwall.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil that extends between a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall. A cooling circuit is disposed inside of the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes a first core cavity that radially extends inside of the airfoil. A first axial skin core is in fluid communication with the first core cavity at a first location of the first axial skin core and a second core cavity is in fluid communication with the first axial skin core at a second location of the first axial skin core.
Abstract:
An airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil including a first side wall, a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall, and an internal cooling channel formed between the first side wall and the second side wall. The internal cooling channel includes at least one pedestal having a first pedestal end connected to the first side wall and a second pedestal end connected to the second side wall. The internal cooling channel also includes a first fillet disposed around the periphery of the first pedestal end between the first side wall and the first pedestal end; and a second fillet disposed around the periphery of the second pedestal end between the second side wall and the second pedestal end. At least one of the first fillet and the second fillet includes a profile that is non-uniform around the periphery of the corresponding pedestal end.