Abstract:
A disclosed turbine vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil including a pressure side and a suction side that extends from a leading edge toward a trailing edge. The airfoil is rotatable about an axis transverse to an engine longitudinal axis and includes a forward chamber within the airfoil and in communication with a cooling air source, a forward impingement baffle defining a pre-impingement cavity within the forward chamber. The pre-impingement cavity is split into a leading edge cavity, pressure side cavity and a suction side cavity defined between an inner surface of the forward chamber and an outer surface of the forward impingement baffle.
Abstract:
A liner panel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including a multiple of heat transfer ribs located in at least one discrete area of the liner panel. A wall assembly within a gas turbine engine including a support shell, a liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs and a multiple of heat transfer ribs located in at least one discrete area on a cold side of the liner panel, each of the multiple of heat transfer ribs account for the multiple of studs.
Abstract:
A method for applying a coating to a substrate having a plurality of holes. The method comprises: applying a braze material to a substrate having a plurality of holes; heating the substrate to melt the braze material to form a melt; cooling the substrate to solidify the melt to form plugs in the respective holes; applying a coating to the substrate; and further heating the substrate to melt the plugs.
Abstract:
An auxiliary power unit may comprise a twin centrifugal compressor including a first blade. A turbine may be disposed aft of the twin centrifugal compressor. The turbine may include a second blade. The first blade comprises a first material and the second blade comprises a second material. The first material may the same as the second material. The twin centrifugal compressor may include forward centrifugal compressor and an aft centrifugal compressor disposed aft of the forward centrifugal compressor.
Abstract:
Systems for tube-to-tube connections are described herein. A device having an aperture for receiving a tube may comprise: an inlet portion comprising a first diameter, the inlet portion located at an inlet of the aperture; a braze filler collector portion located axially adjacent to the inlet portion comprising a second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter; a necked portion located axially adjacent to the braze filler collector portion comprising a third diameter, the third diameter being less than the first diameter and the second diameter; a flow surface comprising a fourth diameter, the fourth diameter being less than the third diameter, the flow surface defining a void; and a collection pocket located axially adjacent to the necked portion, the collection pocket configured to collect a braze filler material from the necked portion to prevent the braze filler material from contacting the flow surface.
Abstract:
A conduit system for a gas turbine engine includes, a heat exchanger configured to cool fluid flowing therethrough having an inlet and an outlet, at least one by-pass in operable communication with the heat exchanger that is configured to allow fluid to exit the heat exchanger before reaching the outlet, and a conduit that is in fluidic communication with the outlet and the at least one by-pass.
Abstract:
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes pressure and suction walls spaced apart from one another and joined at leading and trailing edges to provide an airfoil having an exterior surface that extends in a radial direction to a tip. A camber line at the tip extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge. Pressure and suction side shelves are arranged in the exterior surface on opposing sides of the camber line respectively in the pressure and suction side walls. A plateau is proud of and separates the pressure and suction side shelves. The plateau is arranged along the camber line and extends to the leading edge.
Abstract:
One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine, including a component having a first portion formed using one of a casting and a forging process, and a second portion formed using an additive manufacturing process.
Abstract:
A pivoting turbine vane has an airfoil, an inner bearing race and an outer bearing race, with the inner and outer bearing races on a pivot axis of the pivoting turbine vane. There are cooling air passages through at least one of the inner and outer bearing races to provide cooling air from a remote facing face of at least one of the inner and outer bearing races to an airfoil facing face of at least one of the inner and outer bearing races. A turbine section is also disclosed.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine including a component having a leading edge, a pressure side and a suction side opposite the pressure side. The component includes a first group of showerhead holes in the leading edge and a second group of showerhead holes in one of the pressure side and the suction side. The component further includes a first core passageway and a second core passageway separate from the first core passageway. The first core passageway and the second core passageway are in communication with a respective one of the first group of showerhead holes and the second group of showerhead holes.