Abstract:
A fan blade (10) includes a metal airfoil (14) having a pocket (34) disposed in a first side (16) thereof, with the pocket including a filler (38) bonded thereto. The pocket includes a plurality of cells (34b) separated by corresponding ribs (36) which are submerged in the filler.
Abstract:
A fan blade (10) includes a metal airfoil (14) having first and second opposite sides (16,18) extending longitudinally between a root (20) and a tip (22), and laterally between a leading edge (24) and a trailing edge (26). The airfoil further includes a plurality of fine striations (36) spaced laterally apart between the leading and trailing edges in the airfoil first side, and extending longitudinally between the root and the tip. A viscoelastic filler (38) is bonded in the striations for damping torsional vibrations of the airfoil.
Abstract:
The present invention provides tough, high modulus, low density thermoset polyurethane compositions which are useful in general as, for example, cast structural materials and in a preferred embodiment can be cured directly onto an aircraft engine fan blade (10), thereby providing a lighter blade, without concomitant loss in structural integrity or blade performance due to, for example, resistance to foreign object impacts and fuel efficiency. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is comprised of bis-amine compounds reacted with isocyanate-functional polyether polymers in the presence of hollow polymeric microspheres. The thermoset polymer compositions are formed by casting into a mold which is formed by a cavity (12) within the metallic or composite fan blade or guide vane in the form of a pocket and a removable caul sheet (16). After the elastomeric polyurethane foam is injected through at least one injector port (18) into the mold, the foam is cured.
Abstract:
A rotor mountable fixture (30) is used for guiding a cutting tool (62) powered by a hand held air motor to machine a gas turbine engine rotor (10) without removing the rotor from its mountings in the engine. The fixture includes a root (45) having the same contour as a blade root slot of a rotor (10), a base having a platform attached to the root, and a machining guide in the form of a bushing (50) restrained in a guide slot (38) operable to receive and guide a hand held air motor powered cutting tool (62) for machining the rotor. This provides an accurate means to machine a gas turbine engine rotor without removing the rotor from its mounting. The hand held air motor may be used to power a machining tool to cut a blade damper pocket (20) in the dovetail slot of a pressure compressor rotor.
Abstract:
The present invention provides tough, high modulus, low density thermoset polyurethane compositions which are useful in general as, for example, cast structural materials and in a preferred embodiment can be cured directly onto an aircraft engine fan blade (10), thereby providing a lighter blade, without concomitant loss in structural integrity or blade performance due to, for example, resistance to foreign object impacts and fuel efficiency. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is comprised of bis-amine compounds reacted with isocyanate-functional polyether polymers in the presence of hollow polymeric microspheres. The thermoset polymer compositions are formed by casting into a mold which is formed by a cavity (12) within the metallic or composite fan blade or guide vane in the form of a pocket and a removable caul sheet (16). After the elastomeric polyurethane foam is injected through at least one injector port (18) into the mold, the foam is cured.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine rotor disk (16) has a number of annular hubs (64) circumscribed about a centerline and each of the hubs is connected to a disk rim by a web (68). A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart dovetail slots are disposed through the rim (62), extending circumferentially between disk posts (50), extending axially from a forward end (65) to an aft end (67) of the rim, and extending radially inwardly from a disk outer surface (63) of the rim. Circumferentially extending annular burst slots (70) extend radially through the rim (62) into the dovetail slots between each adjacent pair (72) of the webs (68). In the exemplary embodiment of the invention illustrated herein, the dovetail slots are circular arc dovetail slots. An axially forwardly extending overhang (69) is located radially outwardly on each of the disk posts (50) and a chamfer (39) is on a radially outer corner (45) of the each of the disk posts (50) on a portion of the overhangs (69). A plurality of post holes extending axially aftwardly into the rim (62) wherein each of the post hole extends axially aftwardly into a corresponding one of the disk posts (50).
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine rotor disk (16) has a number of annular hubs (64) circumscribed about a centerline and each of the hubs is connected to a disk rim by a web (68). A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart dovetail slots are disposed through the rim (62), extending circumferentially between disk posts (50), extending axially from a forward end (65) to an aft end (67) of the rim, and extending radially inwardly from a disk outer surface (63) of the rim. Circumferentially extending annular burst slots (70) extend radially through the rim (62) into the dovetail slots between each adjacent pair (72) of the webs (68). In the exemplary embodiment of the invention illustrated herein, the dovetail slots are circular arc dovetail slots. An axially forwardly extending overhang (69) is located radially outwardly on each of the disk posts (50) and a chamfer (39) is on a radially outer corner (45) of the each of the disk posts (50) on a portion of the overhangs (69). A plurality of post holes extending axially aftwardly into the rim (62) wherein each of the post hole extends axially aftwardly into a corresponding one of the disk posts (50).