Abstract:
Please replace the abstract with the following rewritten abstract. No new matter has been added. An example gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a geared architecture rotatably coupling a fan drive shaft to an engine fan, the geared architecture having a speed reduction ratio that is greater than or equal to 2.4. The gas turbine engine is configured so that an Exhaust Velocity Ratio, defined by a ratio of a fan stream exhaust velocity to primary stream exhaust velocity, is approximately in a range of 0.75 to 0.90.
Abstract:
A turbofan engine includes a fan driven by a low pressure turbine through a gear reduction. The gear reduction has a gear ratio of greater than or equal to about 2.4. The low pressure turbine has an expansion ratio greater than or equal to about 5. The fan has a bypass ratio greater than or equal to about 8. In other features, a turbofan engine includes a variable geometry fan exit guide vane (FEGV) system having a multiple of circumferentially spaced radially extending fan exit guide vanes. Rotation of the fan exit guide vanes between a nominal position and a rotated position selectively changes a fan bypass flow path to permit efficient operation at various flight conditions.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan rotatable about an axis and a speed reduction device in communication with the fan. The speed reduction device includes a star drive gear system with a star gear ratio of at least 1.5. A fan blade tip speed of the fan is less than 1400 fps.