Invention Application
- Patent Title: ROTOR BLADE TIP
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Application No.: US15591242Application Date: 2017-05-10
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Publication No.: US20180328191A1Publication Date: 2018-11-15
- Inventor: Moorthi Subramaniyan , Adam John Fredmonski
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F02C3/04

Abstract:
A rotor blade includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a leading edge and a trailing edge downstream of the leading edge. The airfoil also includes a radially outer tip with a pressure side tip rail and a suction side tip rail. A slot is formed in an aft portion of the suction side tip rail and an opening is positioned between the suction side tip rail and the pressure side tip rail at the trailing edge. Gas flows from the tip via the slot and the opening to inhibit formation of a vortex flow proximate to the suction side of the airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US10443405B2 Rotor blade tip Public/Granted day:2019-10-15
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