Abstract:
A blade has an airfoil extending radially outwardly of a dovetail. The dovetail has edges that will be at circumferential sides of the blade when the blade is mounted within a rotor. A bottom surface of the dovetail will be radially inward when the rotor blade is mounted in a rotor, and is formed such that a circumferentially central portion of the bottom surface is radially thicker than are circumferential edges. A fan and a gas turbine engine are also described.
Abstract:
A blade has an airfoil extending radially outwardly of a dovetail. The dovetail has edges that will be at circumferential sides of the blade when the blade is mounted within a rotor. A bottom surface of the dovetail will be radially inward when the rotor blade is mounted in a rotor, and is formed such that a circumferentially central portion of the bottom surface is radially thicker than are circumferential edges. A fan and a gas turbine engine are also described.
Abstract:
A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil that defines a pressure and suction side. A neck supports the airfoil and interconnects to a dovetail by opposing radii. The dovetail includes a bearing surface tangent to one of the radii at a tangent point. The dovetail has a dovetail width and a vertical bearing surface height from the tangent point to a bottom of the dovetail opposite the neck. A first ratio of the dovetail width to the vertical bearing surface height is in a range of substantially between 2.32 to 2.90.