Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a structure having an exterior surface. A cooling hole extends from a cooling passage to the exterior surface to provide an exit area on the exterior surface that is substantially circular in shape. A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section and a turbine section. A combustor is provided between the compressor and turbine sections. A component in at least one of the compressor and turbine sections has an exterior surface. A film cooling hole extends from a cooling passage to the exterior surface to provide an exit area that is substantially circular in shape. A method of machining a film cooling hole includes providing a component having an internal cooling passage and an exterior surface, machining a film cooling hole from the exterior surface to the internal cooling passage to provide a substantially circular exit area on the exterior surface.
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 gas turbine engine component is described. The component includes a component wall (102) having an internal surface (106) that is adjacent a flow of coolant and an external surface (104) that is adjacent a flow of gas. The component wall (102) includes a cooling hole (100) that has an inlet (108) defined by the internal surface (106) and an outlet (110) defined by the external surface (104). The cooling holes (100) also has a metering location (122) having the smallest cross-sectional area of the cooling hole (100), an internal diffuser (112) positioned between the inlet (108) and the metering location (122), an accumulation diverter portion of the internal diffuser (112) and an accumulator portion of the internal diffuser (112).
Abstract:
Airfoils for gas turbine engines are described. The airfoils (320) include an airfoil body extending between a platform (348) and a tip (322), the airfoil body having a leading edge (322), a trailing edge (324), a pressure side (326), and a suction side (328), a serpentine cavity formed within the airfoil body and having an up-pass serpentine cavity (340), a down-pass serpentine cavity (342), and a trailing edge cavity (344), and a dead-end tip flag cavity (338) extending in a direction between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the dead-end tip flag cavity arranged between the serpentine cavity and the tip, wherein the dead-end tip flag cavity ends at a dead-end wall (366) located at a position between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the airfoil body. A corresponding core assembly for the formation of the airfoil is also provided.
Abstract:
A method of forming a metal single crystal turbine component (10) with internal passageways includes forming a polycrystalline turbine blade with internal passageways by additive manufacturing and filling the passageways with a core ceramic slurry. The ceramic slurry is then treated to harden the core (20) and the turbine component is encased in a ceramic shell which is treated to form a ceramic mold. The turbine component in the mold is then melted and directionally solidified in the form of a single crystal. The outer shell and inner ceramic core are then removed to form a finished single crystal turbine component with internal passageways.
Abstract:
A method of forming a metal single crystal turbine component (10) with internal passageways includes forming a polycrystalline turbine blade with internal passageways by additive manufacturing and filling the passageways with a core ceramic slurry. The ceramic slurry is then treated to harden the core (20) and the turbine component is encased in a ceramic shell which is treated to form a ceramic mold. The turbine component in the mold is then melted and directionally solidified in the form of a single crystal. The outer shell and inner ceramic core are then removed to form a finished single crystal turbine component with internal passageways.