摘要:
In a gas turbine engine, a system for maintaining uniform circumferential spacing between adjacent segments of a compressor liner, the liner segments being retained within an outer casing by a flanged connection. The system includes a T-shaped pin retained within the flanged connection radially and circumferentially by engagement with a slot formed in the outer casing, and axially by engagement with a notch formed in the adjacent liner segment, such that the liner segment overlaps the positioning pin. In a preferred embodiment, each liner segment is notched and held in place by a pin which, in turn, is retained within a slot in the compressor casing.
摘要:
The present invention provides a phase independent damper and damper assembly capable of damping rotor blade vibrations in the axial, circumferential, and radial directions. One embodiment, particularly useful in an aircraft gas turbine engine compressor rotor, provides a damper and damper assembly including a generally axially extending blade damper operable to fictionally engage a generally axially extending circumferentially facing surface of a disk and axially extending angled surface under the platform of the blade. The invention provides an additional advantage of allowing simple and easy modification of existing engines to incorporate the damper of the present invention.
摘要:
A fan blade damper system includes a fan disk integrally connected to a disk post. A retainer is fastened to the disk post and is molded to retain a damper block. The top portion of the damper block is shaped to make frictional contact with the underside of the platform of a fan blade, the underside of the platform being the region of the fan blade which experiences the highest platform vibratory amplitude when the fan blade is rotated. The damper block is thus mounted in a statically determinant fashion. The rotation of the fan blade produces centrifugal forces which produce reactionary forces in the damper block and retainer such that a maximum damping force amplitude is reacted to the fan disk.
摘要:
A retention system and method for the blades of a rotary machine for preventing forward or aft axial movement of the rotor blades includes a circumferential hub slot formed about a circumference of the machine hub. The rotor blades have machined therein a blade retention slot which is aligned with the circumferential hub slot when the blades are received in correspondingly shaped openings in the hub. At least one ring segment is secured in the blade retention slots and the circumferential hub slot to retain the blades from axial movement. A key assembly is used to secure the ring segments in the aligned slots via a hook portion receiving the ring segments and a threaded portion that is driven radially outwardly by a nut. A cap may be provided to provide a redundant back-up load path for the centrifugal loads on the key. Alternatively, the key assembly may be formed in the blade dovetail.
摘要:
A turbine frame includes first and second coaxially disposed rings having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart struts extending therebetween. A plurality of clevises join respective first ends of the struts to the first ring for removably joining the struts thereto. Each of the clevises includes a base removably fixedly joined to the first ring, and a pair of legs extending away from the base and spaced apart to define a U-shaped clevis slot receiving the strut first end. The first strut end is removably fixedly joined to the clevis legs by a pair of expansion bolts. The clevis base includes a central aperture aligned with a first port in the first ring for providing access therethrough. And, the strut first end abuts the first ring for carrying compressive loads therebetween and providing a seal therewith.
摘要:
A method and system for diverting leakage air back into the flow path of a turbine engine. A stator vane assembly is connected to a shroud assembly at the radially inner end of the stator vane assembly, the shroud assembly is provided with a scoop which is placed in the path of leakage air traversing in a forward direction from the high pressure static side of the stator vane to the low static pressure side of the stator vane. The leakage path is located between the stator vane assembly and a rotating member. The scoop intercepts the leakage air and re-directs the leakage air into an airflow path of the turbine engine with an aftward component of velocity.
摘要:
A process for identificaiton, evaluation and removal of microshrinkage of investment cast superalloy parts and parts produced by the process. Parts free of deleterious microshrinkage capable of longer life at existing stress levels or use at higher alternating stresses are produced by first subjecting the parts to hot isostatic pressing to eliminate nonsurface connected subsurface microshrinkage. Next, in order to expose near-surface microshrinkage microscopically connected to the surface, the parts are immersed in an acid solution for a time sufficient to uniformly remove at least about 0.005 inches of the original as cast surface. The exposed microshrinkage is evaluated for acceptability or removal by standard nondestructive techniques, such as liquid penetration evaluation.
摘要:
A rotating labyrinth seal especially useful for effecting sealing between two plenums in aircraft gas turbine engines comprising a base and a plurality of radially-directed seal teeth rings extending circumferentially around the outer peripheral surface of the base. Each of the seal teeth rings has a body portion and a tip portion, with the body portion being substantially thicker than the tip portion. Seal teeth rings of the invention exhibit improved resistance to fatigue crack propagation compared to conventional seal teeth rings.
摘要:
A gas turbine engine airfoil includes an airfoil outer wall having widthwise spaced apart pressure and suction sidewall sections extending chordally between leading and trailing edges of the airfoil and extending longitudinally from a base to a tip. Inside the airfoil is at least one internal cooling circuit having a plurality of longitudinally extending circuit channels between longitudinally extending internal ribs extending widthwise between the pressure and suction sidewall sections and a longitudinally extending first sidewall film cooling chamber positioned between one of the sidewall sections and a first inner wall bounding the cooling circuit. Sidewall film cooling holes extend through the pressure sidewall section from the first sidewall film cooling chamber. The internal ribs have corresponding rib angles with respect to a centerline, the first inner wall has a corresponding first wall angle with respect to the centerline, and each of the rib angles and the first wall angle are constant in a longitudinal direction from the base to the tip. In the preferred embodiment, all the inner walls are substantially parallel to each other and all the transverse ribs are substantially parallel to each other or are substantially parallel to the first and second inner walls.
摘要:
An inter-rotor bearing assembly includes a first annular member having a circumferential inner surface and a second annular member having a circumferential outer surface. The outer surface is concentric to and disposed radially inward of the inner surface and a bearing is disposed between the surfaces. The bearing has an outer race fixedly attached to the first annular member along the inner surface, an inner race fixedly attached to the second annular member along the outer surface, and rolling elements disposed between the races. A low density high circumferential strength support ring is fixedly attached to the first annular member disposed concentrically outside of the inner race and is preferably made of a titanium matrix composite. The rolling elements may be cylindrical rollers having cylindrical rolling surfaces. The support ring may be fixedly attached around or integral with the first annular member.