Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbofan arrangement with blade channel variations
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Application No.: US15045343Application Date: 2016-02-17
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Publication No.: US10358924B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Edward J. Gallagher , Sue-Li Chuang
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F04D29/38
- IPC: F04D29/38 ; F02C3/10 ; F04D29/32 ; F01D5/14

Abstract:
A fan section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a rotor hub defining an axis, and an array of airfoils circumferentially spaced about the rotor hub. Each of the airfoils include pressure and suction sides between a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, facing pressure and suction sides of adjacent airfoils defining a channel in a chordwise direction having a width between the facing pressure and suction sides at a given span position of the adjacent airfoils. The width at each pressure side location along the channel is defined as a minimum distance to a location along the suction side, the width converging and diverging along the channel for at least some span positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273547A1 TURBOFAN ARRANGEMENT WITH BLADE CHANNEL VARIATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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