Abstract:
A rotor blade (14) for a rotor assembly (10) is provided that includes a root (18), an airfoil (20), and a damper (24). The airfoil (20) has a length, a base (28), a tip (30), a first side wall (36,38), a second side wall (38,36), and at least one cavity (40). The length extends the base (28) and the tip (30). The at least one cavity (40) is disposed between the side walls (36,38), and the channel (42) is defined by a first wall portion (54) and a second wall portion (56). The damper (24), which is selectively received within the channel (42), includes a first bearing surface (80), a second bearing surface (82), a forward surface (76), and an aft surface (78), all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage (92) within the channel (42). The passage (92) has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, the damper (24) has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline (71).
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a multiple of Nozzle Guide Vanes (NGVs) arranged asymmetrically and a multiple of NGVs clocked with respect to the multiple of fuel nozzles around a 360 degree circumference.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an body portion that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge includes at least one discharge slot having a first portion that includes an oval geometry.
Abstract:
A damper seal received in a cavity of a turbine blade located between a platform and a retention shelf damper seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a central body portion having a first end region, an opposing second end region, and a width. The damper seal further includes a first portion extending from the first end region of the central body portion, and a first end region of the first portion includes first outwardly extending tabs that define a first enlarged portion that has a first width greater than the width of the central body portion and a second portion extending from the opposing second end region of the central body portion.
Abstract:
A rotor blade (14) for a rotor assembly (10) is provided that includes a root (18), an airfoil (20), and a damper (24). The airfoil (20) has a length, a base (28), a tip (30), a first side wall (36,38), a second side wall (38,36), and at least one cavity (40). The length extends the base (28) and the tip (30). The at least one cavity (40) is disposed between the side walls (36,38), and the channel (42) is defined by a first wall portion (54) and a second wall portion (56). The damper (24), which is selectively received within the channel (42), includes a first bearing surface (80), a second bearing surface (82), a forward surface (76), and an aft surface (78), all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage (92) within the channel (42). The passage (92) has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, the damper (24) has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline (71).
Abstract:
A rotor blade (14) for a rotor assembly (10) is provided that includes a root (18), an airfoil (20), and a damper (24). The airfoil (20) has a length, a base (28), a tip (30), a first side wall (36,38), a second side wall (38,36), and at least one cavity (40). The length extends the base (28) and the tip (30). The at least one cavity (40) is disposed between the side walls (36,38), and the channel (42) is defined by a first wall portion (54) and a second wall portion (56). The damper (24), which is selectively received within the channel (42), includes a first bearing surface (80), a second bearing surface (82), a forward surface (76), and an aft surface (78), all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage (92) within the channel (42). The passage (92) has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, the damper (24) has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline (71).
Abstract:
A rotor blade for a rotor assembly is provided that includes a root, an airfoil, and a damper. The airfoil has a length, a base, a tip, a first side wall, a second side wall and at least one cavity. The length extends the base and the tip. The at least one cavity is disposed between the side walls and the channel is defined by a first wall portion and a second wall portion. The damper, which is selectively received within the channel includes a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface, a forward surfac e and an aft surface, all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage within the channel. The passage has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of t he present invention, the damper has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline.
Abstract:
A rotor blade (14) for a rotor assembly (10) is provided that includes a root (18), an airfoil (20), and a damper (24). The airfoil (20) has a length, a base (28), a tip (30), a first side wall (36,38), a second side wall (38,36), and at least one cavity (40). The length extends the base (28) and the tip (30). The at least one cavity (40) is disposed between the side walls (36,38), and the channel (42) is defined by a first wall portion (54) and a second wall portion (56). The damper (24), which is selectively received within the channel (42), includes a first bearing surface (80), a second bearing surface (82), a forward surface (76), and an aft surface (78), all of which extend lengthwise. At least one of the surfaces is shaped to form a lengthwise extending passage (92) within the channel (42). The passage (92) has a flow direction oriented along the length of the at least one surface to permit cooling air travel along the at least one surface in a lengthwise direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, the damper (24) has an arcuate lengthwise extending centerline (71).
Abstract:
An airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil including a first side wall, a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall, and an internal cooling channel formed between the first side wall and the second side wall. The internal cooling channel includes at least one pedestal having a first pedestal end connected to the first side wall and a second pedestal end connected to the second side wall. The internal cooling channel also includes a first fillet disposed around the periphery of the first pedestal end between the first side wall and the first pedestal end; and a second fillet disposed around the periphery of the second pedestal end between the second side wall and the second pedestal end. At least one of the first fillet and the second fillet includes a profile that is non-uniform around the periphery of the corresponding pedestal end.