PROBABILISTIC FATIGUE AND BLEND LIMIT ASSESSMENT AND VISUALIZATION METHODS FOR AIRFOILS

    公开(公告)号:US20220100919A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17232540

    申请日:2021-04-16

    Abstract: A method of analyzing a blended airfoil that includes generating a plurality of simulated blended airfoil designs each including one of a plurality of blend geometries, training surrogate models representing the plurality of simulated blended airfoil designs based on natural frequency, modal force, and Goodman scale factors, determining a likelihood of operational failure of each of the plurality of blended airfoil designs in response to one or more vibratory modes, determining which of the plurality of simulated blended airfoil designs violate at least one aeromechanical constraint and generating, a blend design space visualization including a blend design space, where the blend design space includes one or more restricted regions indicating blended airfoil designs where at least one aeromechanical constraint is violates and one or more permitted regions indicating blended airfoil designs where no aeromechanical constraints are violated.

    VIBRATIONAL DAMPENING ELEMENTS
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220098985A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17038540

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: A vibrational dampening element is attached to a component and configured to adjust the amplitude of oscillations of the component. The vibrational dampening element includes a mass. The mass includes a main body and a member extending from the main body. A casing that encapsulates the mass. A fluidic chamber defined between the mass and the casing. A first fluidic portion is disposed between a first side of the mass and the casing. The first fluidic portion includes a first accumulator portion directly neighboring the member. A second fluidic portion is disposed between a second side of the mass and the casing. The second fluidic portion includes a second accumulator portion directly neighboring the member. The first accumulator portion is in fluid communication with the second accumulator portion. The vibrational dampening element further includes a primary passage that extends between the first fluidic portion and the second fluidic portion.

    Distributed nested cell damping system

    公开(公告)号:US11261738B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17309467

    申请日:2018-12-11

    Abstract: A nested lattice structure for use in a damping system for a turbine blade includes a first lattice structure including: a first outer passage including a hollow interior; a second outer passage including a hollow interior; and an outer node including a hollow interior and forming an intersection of the first outer passage and the second outer passage. The nested lattice structure includes a second lattice structure nested within the hollow interior of the first lattice structure. The second lattice structure includes: a first inner passage; a second inner passage; and an inner node forming an intersection of the first inner passage and the second inner passage. Each of the first inner passage, the second inner passage, and the inner node are nested within the respective first outer passage, the second outer passage, and the outer node.

    Rotor blade damping structures
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11536144B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17038601

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: A rotor blade assembly includes a first rotor blade and a second rotor blade positioned adjacent to one another. The first rotor blade and the second rotor blade each include a platform and an airfoil extending radially outward from a root coupled to the platform to a tip. The airfoil includes a part-span shroud. The part-span shroud extends from the airfoil and is disposed between the root and the tip. The part-span shroud includes a pressure side portion extending from the pressure side surface and a suction side portion extending from the suction side surface. A damper is in contact with both the part span shroud of the first rotor blade and the part span shroud of the second rotor blade at an interference joint. The damper is movable relative to the part span shroud of both the first rotor blade and the second rotor blade.

    ROTOR BLADE DAMPING STRUCTURES
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220098989A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17038601

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: A rotor blade assembly includes a first rotor blade and a second rotor blade positioned adjacent to one another. The first rotor blade and the second rotor blade each include a platform and an airfoil extending radially outward from a root coupled to the platform to a tip. The airfoil includes a part-span shroud. The part-span shroud extends from the airfoil and is disposed between the root and the tip. The part-span shroud includes a pressure side portion extending from the pressure side surface and a suction side portion extending from the suction side surface. A damper is in contact with both the part span shroud of the first rotor blade and the part span shroud of the second rotor blade at an interference joint. The damper is movable relative to the part span shroud of both the first rotor blade and the second rotor blade.

    TURBINE DAMPER
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210254478A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US16794732

    申请日:2020-02-19

    Abstract: A turbine damper may be provided that may include an elongated body sized to fit inside a turbine blade, the elongated body elongated along a radial direction of the turbine blade relative to a rotation axis of the turbine blade, and plural dampening masses coupled with the elongated body and disposed at different locations along the radial direction. The plural dampening masses may be one or more of sized to dampen different vibration modes of the turbine blade, or moveable relative to and along the elongated body in the radial direction.

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