Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a cooling hole. The cooling hole includes an inlet, an outlet, a metering section and a diffusing section. The diffusing section extends from the metering section to the outlet and includes a first lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section, a second lobe adjacent the first lobe and diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section, and a transition region having a portion that extends between the first and second lobes and an end adjacent the outlet.
Abstract:
A method is provided for manufacturing a component. This method includes additively manufacturing a crucible for casting of the component. A metal material is directionally solidified within the crucible to form a metal single crystal material. A sacrificial core is removed to reveal a metal single crystal component with internal passageways. A component is provided for a gas turbine engine that includes a metal single crystal material component with internal passageways. The metal single crystal material component was additively manufactured of a metal material concurrently with a core that forms the internal passageways. The metal material was also remelted and directionally solidified.
Abstract:
Plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts and methods for fabricating lightweight plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts are disclosed. The parts include a polymeric substrate plated with one or more metal layers. The polymeric material of the polymeric substrate may be structurally reinforced with materials that may include carbon, metal, or glass. The polymeric substrate may also include a plurality of layers to form a composite layup structure.
Abstract:
Plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts and methods for fabricating lightweight plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts are disclosed. The parts include a polymeric substrate plated with one or more metal layers. The polymeric material of the polymeric substrate may be structurally reinforced with materials that may include carbon, metal, or glass. The polymeric substrate may also include a plurality of layers to form a composite layup structure.
Abstract:
One embodiment includes a method to regenerate a component (10). The method includes additively manufacturing a component (10) to have voids greater than 0 percent but less than approximately 15 percent in a near finished shape. The component (10) is encased in a shell mold (22). The shell mold (22) is cured. The encased component (10) is placed in a furnace and the component (10) is melted. The component (10) is solidified in the shell mold (22). The shell mold (22) is removed from the solidified component (10).
Abstract:
One embodiment includes a method to regenerate a component. The method includes additively manufacturing the component with at least a portion of the component in a near finished shape. The component is encased in a shell mold, the shell mold is cured, the encased component is placed in a furnace and the component is melted, the component is solidified in the shell mold, and the shell mold is removed from the solidified component.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a wall and a cooling hole. The wall has a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is exposed to hot gas flow. The cooling hole extends through the wall. The cooling hole includes a metering section extending from an inlet in the first surface of the wall to a transition, a diffusing section extending from the transition to an outlet in the second surface of the wall, a cusp on the transition, and a first longitudinal ridge extending along the diffusing section between the transition and the outlet. The first longitudinal ridge divides the diffusing section into first and second lobes.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a wall and a cooling hole. The wall has a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is exposed to hot gas flow. The cooling hole extends through the wall. The cooling hole includes a metering section extending from an inlet in the first surface of the wall to a transition, a diffusing section extending from the transition to an outlet in the second surface of the wall, a cusp on the transition, and a first longitudinal ridge extending along the diffusing section between the transition and the outlet. The first longitudinal ridge divides the diffusing section into first and second lobes.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine has a cooling hole extending through a gas path wall. The gas path wall has a first surface and second surface, where the second surface is exposed to hot gas flow. The cooling hole includes a passage extending through the gas path wall from an inlet in the first surface to an outlet in the second surface, and a longitudinal divider separates the passage into lobes. The passage diverges through the gas path wall, such that cross-sectional area of the cooling hole increases continuously from the inlet through the passage to the outlet.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine 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 and laterally from the metering section, a second lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section, an upstream end located at the outlet, a trailing edge located at the outlet opposite the upstream end and generally opposite first and second sidewalls. Each sidewall has an edge extending along the outlet between the upstream end and the trailing edge. Each edge diverges laterally from the upstream end and converges laterally before reaching the trailing edge.