Invention Application
- Patent Title: GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH BLADE CHANNEL VARIATIONS
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Application No.: US17396029Application Date: 2021-08-06
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Publication No.: US20210372284A1Publication Date: 2021-12-02
- Inventor: Edward J. Gallagher , Sue-Li Chuang
- Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F04D29/32 ; F02C3/10 ; F04D29/38

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a propulsor including a rotor hub and an array of blades circumferentially spaced about the rotor hub, a geared architecture, a compressor section and a turbine section. Each blade includes pressure and suction sides and extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, adjacent blades in the array of blades including a first blade and a second blade, a facing pressure side of the first blade and a facing suction side of the second blade defining a channel having a width that varies in a chordwise direction between the facing pressure and suction sides at a given span position of the first and second blades. The width at each pressure side location of the first blade along the channel is defined as a minimum distance from the respective pressure side location to a location along the suction side of the second blade, and the width of the channel converges in the chordwise direction to establish a throat.
Public/Granted literature
- US11466572B2 Gas turbine engine with blade channel variations Public/Granted day:2022-10-11
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