Abstract:
A wall of a gas turbine engine is provided. The wall may comprise an external surface adjacent a gas path and an internal surface adjacent an internal flow path. A film hole may have an inlet at the internal surface and an outlet at the external surface. A flow accumulator adjacent the inlet may protrude from the internal surface. A method of making an engine component is also provided and comprises the step of forming a component wall comprising an accumulator on an internal surface and a film hole defined by the component wall. The film hole may include an opening adjacent the accumulator and defined by the internal surface.
Abstract:
A method for evaluating a turbine component includes inducing a thermal response of the component at an initial time, capturing a two-dimensional infrared image of the thermal response of the component with a thermal imaging device, wherein the two-dimensional infrared image comprises a plurality of infrared image pixels, generating a two-dimension to three-dimension mapping template to correlate two-dimensional infrared image data with three-dimensional locations on the component, mapping at least a subset of the plurality of infrared image pixels of the two-dimensional infrared image to three-dimensional coordinates using the mapping template, and generating a three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data of the component from the mapped infrared image pixels to three-dimensional coordinates, wherein the three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data is used to qualify the component for use.
Abstract:
A method of additively manufacturing is used to produce a component with an internal cooling channel for conveying a fluid. Powders in a powder bed are selectively fused to form a shaped layer of a body of the cooled component. The fusing is repeated on a layer-by-layer basis to form the body of the component with the internal cooling channel extending within the body, so that a peripheral wall of the internal cooling channel has a geometry that allows the peripheral wall to be self-supporting.
Abstract:
A tangential on-board injector (TOBI) for a gas turbine engine and methods of making the same are provided. The TOBI includes at least one adjustable strut configured to control an airflow through the TOBI, the at least one adjustable strut moveable to change an airflow characteristic within the TOBI.
Abstract:
A core for use in casting an internal cooling circuit within a gas turbine engine component includes an additively manufactured skeleton core portion manufactured of a refractory metal, a surround core portion that at least partially encapsulates the additively manufactured skeleton core portion, the surround core portion manufactured of a ceramic material, a surround core portion that at least partially encapsulates the additively manufactured skeleton core portion, the surround core portion manufactured of a ceramic material and a cooling hole shape that extends from the additively manufactured skeleton core portion through the surround core portion, the cooling hole shape operable to form a cooling hole.
Abstract:
A blade for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil that extends a span from a root to a tip. The airfoil is provided by a first portion near the root and has a metallic alloy. A third portion near the tip has a refractory material. A second portion joins the first and third portions and has a functional graded material.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a wall which includes a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. A plurality of cooling passages extends between the first surface and the second surface each including a metering portion and a diffusion portion. The diffusion portion includes a cast or as-consolidated surface.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component includes a structure having a surface configured to be exposed to a hot working fluid. The surface includes a recessed pocket that is circumscribed by an overhang. At least one cooling groove is provided by the overhang.
Abstract:
A turbine vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed and includes an airfoil rotatable about a first axis transverse to an engine longitudinal axis. The airfoil includes an endwall and at least one protrusion disposed on the endwall configured for obstructing flow through a gap between the endwall and a static structure of the gas turbine engine.
Abstract:
A cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a gas turbine engine component having a body with at least one internal cavity defined by a cavity wall. A plurality of cooling holes formed within the cavity wall, wherein each cooling hole is defined by a length extending from a cooling hole inlet to a cooling hole outlet, and wherein the cooling holes are positioned relative to each other such that a minimum allowable ligament distance is maintained between adjacent cooling holes along the entire length of each cooling hole. A gas turbine engine and a method of forming a cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.