Abstract:
ANGLED TRIPPED AIRFOIL PEANUT CAVITY A turbine airfoil comprises a wall portion, a cooling channel, an impingement rib, impingement rib nozzles, turbulators and leading edge cooling holes. The wall portion comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, an outer diameter end, and an inner diameter end. The cooling channel receives cooling air and extends through an interior of the wall portion between the inner diameter end and the outer diameter end. The impingement rib is positioned within the wall portion forward of the cooling channel and between the outer diameter end and the inner diameter end to define a peanut cavity. The impingement rib nozzles extend through the impingement rib for receiving cooling air from the cooling channel. The turbulators are positioned within the peanut cavity to locally influence the flow of the cooling air. The leading edge cooling holes discharge the cooling air from the peanut cavity to an exterior of the wall portion.
Abstract:
An airfoil (60) includes an airfoil body (68) that has a leading edge (LE) and a trailing edge (TE) and a first sidewall (74) and a second sidewall (76) that is spaced apart from the first sidewall (74). The first sidewall (74) and the second sidewall (76) join the leading edge (LE) and the trailing edge (TE) and at least partially define a cavity (78) in the airfoil body (68). A damper member (88) is enclosed in the cavity (78) and is loose within the cavity (78).
Abstract:
A method for determining whether a component (50) is within an acceptable manufacturing tolerance, comprising the steps of: inspecting the component (50) to determine whether a surface indicator (84) is visible in the component after the component (50) has been manufactured; and determining whether the component (50) is within the acceptable manufacturing tolerance based on a predetermined pattern of the surface indicator (84) that is visible in the component (50).
Abstract:
An airfoil includes an airfoil body that defines a longitudinal axis. The airfoil body includes a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is spaced apart from the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall join the leading edge and the trailing edge and at least partially define at least one longitudinally elongated cavity in the airfoil body. A plurality of loose particles is enclosed in the at least one longitudinally elongated cavity.
Abstract:
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The vascular engineered lattice structure includes at least one of a hollow vascular structure and a solid vascular structure configured to communicate fluid through the vascular engineered lattice structure.
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 self-cooled orifice structure, for example a dilution hole structure for a combustor of a gas turbine engine, includes a cold side panel spaced from a hot side panel, and a continuous inner wall extending between the hot and cold side panels and defining an orifice communicating through the hot and cold side panels. A plurality of end walls of the structure are in a cooling cavity that is defined in-part by the hot and cold side panels and the inner wall. Each end wall extends between and are engaged to the hot and cold side panels and are circumferentially spaced from the next adjacent end wall. A plurality of inlet apertures extend through the cold side panel, in fluid communication with the cavity, and proximate to a first side of the end walls. A plurality of outlet apertures extend through the hot side panel, in fluid communication with the cavity, and associated with an opposite second side of the end walls.