Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fan blade with internal shear-thickening fluid damping
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Application No.: US17561617Application Date: 2021-12-23
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Publication No.: US11746659B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Robert W. Heeter , Daniel E. Molnar, Jr. , Christopher D. Hall
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. , Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis; US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/16
- IPC: F01D5/16 ; F01D5/14

Abstract:
An airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine is formed to define a cavity formed in the airfoil. The airfoil further includes at least one obstructing member arranged within the cavity and a shear-thickening fluid disposed in the cavity. A viscosity of the shear-thickening fluid increases in response to the airfoil experiencing an aeromechanic response or vibrations such that the obstruction of the movement of the thicker fluid by the obstructing member dampens the vibrations of the airfoil and reduces negative effects of a dynamic response of the airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230203952A1 FAN BLADE WITH INTERNAL SHEAR-THICKENING FLUID DAMPING Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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