Abstract:
An airfoil (78) for a gas turbine engine (20) includes pressure and suction side walls (86,88) joined to one another at leading and trailing edges (82,84) to provide an exterior airfoil surface. The pressure and suction side walls (86,88) are spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction (T). A stagnation line (83) is located near the leading edge (82). A cooling passage is provided between the pressure and suction side walls. Showerhead cooling holes (100) are arranged at least one of adjacent to or on the stagnation line (83). At least one of the showerhead cooling holes (100) has a metering hole fluidly connecting the cooling passage to a diffuser arranged at the exterior airfoil surface. At least one showerhead cooling hole (100) is arranged on each of opposing sides of the stagnation line (83). Each showerhead cooling hole (100) has the diffuser with a first diffuser angle that expands downstream in the thickness direction (T) in opposing directions from one another when separated by the stagnation line (83).
Abstract:
A method of increasing a heat transfer of a cooling fluid passing through a component of a gas turbine engine. The method including the steps of: directing a cooling fluid between an interior surface (36) of an internal cooling cavity (26) of the component and an exterior surface of a baffle insert (32) located in the internal cooling cavity; and creating a plurality of vortices in the cooling fluid as it passes between the exterior surface of the baffle insert and the interior surface of the internal cooling cavity, wherein the internal cooling cavity is elliptical in shape and/or wherein the exterior surface of the baffle insert is elliptical in shape.
Abstract:
A gas path component (130) for a gas turbine engine (20) includes an element configured to be exposed to a gas path (102). The element includes a plurality of internal cooling passages (134). At least one of the internal cooling passages (134) includes a cross section normal to an expected flow of coolant through the cooling passage, the cross section having a plurality of asymmetrical filleted corners (335), for example shaped as an elliptical arc, for reducing thermal stress concentrations at the corners.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component (80; 84) has a cooling hole (82; 86; 106) with a metering section (114). The metering section (114) includes a convex surface (300; 400) and a concave surface (310; 410), with a first arcuate channel (320; 420) connecting an end (301) of the convex surface (300; 400) and an end (311) of the concave surface (310; 410). The end (301) of the convex surface (300; 400) and the end (311) of the concave surface (310; 410) define a dimension (D 1 ) that is smaller than a diameter (D) of the arcuate channel (320; 420).
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a wall having first and second wall surfaces and a cooling hole extending through the wall. The cooling hole includes an inlet located at the first wall surface, an outlet located at the second wall surface, a metering section extending downstream from the inlet and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet. The diffusing section includes a first lobe diverging longitudinally from the metering section and a second lobe adjacent the first lobe and diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section.
Abstract:
An airfoil (60) includes an airfoil body (62) that has a peripheral wall (64) that defines an exterior side (64a) and an interior side (64b) that bounds an internal cavity (66) in the airfoil body (62). The peripheral wall (64) has first and second wall sections (72, 74) joined by a transition section (76). The first wall section (72) is thicker than the second wall section (74). The transition section (76) provides a change in thickness between the first wall section (72) and the second wall section (74). The second wall section (74) includes a cooling hole (78) that has a first end that opens to the internal cavity (66) at the interior side (64b) and a second end that opens to the exterior side (64a).
Abstract:
Module for a gas turbine engine including: a disk (108) rotatable about an engine central axis (A) and a vane (106) fixedly disposed upstream of the disk (108), the vane (106) being hollow and including a vane cavity (122) having a vane longitudinal span between a vane upstream opening and vane downstream opening, the vane (106) including: a baffle (130) fixedly supported within the vane cavity (122), the baffle (130) having a hollow interior (129) and a longitudinal span between a baffle upstream surface and a baffle downstream surface, the baffle longitudinal span being less than the vane longitudinal span; wherein a baffle opening area fluidly connects the vane cavity (122) to the baffle interior (129), the baffle opening area is between 32 x 10 -5 square centimetres (5.0 x 10^-5 square inches) and 9.7 x 10 -3 square centimetres (1.5 x 10^-3 square inches).
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a component (74) for a gas turbine engine is provided. The component including: an airfoil (78) having a tip portion (88); a tip shelf (90) located in the tip portion; a first plurality of cooling openings (94) located in an edge of the tip shelf that extends along at least a portion of a pressure side of the airfoil; and a second plurality of cooling openings (104) located in an edge of the tip portion proximate to the tip shelf that extends along at least a portion of the pressure side of the tip portion.