摘要:
Gas turbine engine fan blade with a metallic airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a radially outer tip, and at least one laser shock peened surface located along the leading edge with a region having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening (LSP) extending into the airfoil from the laser shock peened surface.
摘要:
A dovetail assembly for mounting blades with dovetail roots axially into disk dovetail slots around a disk periphery which is subject to a tensile stress field due to centrifugal and thermal growth induced forces generated by the rotor when the rotor is rotating. The dovetail assembly has stress risers each in the form of a transition fillet between a neck or an area of minimum width and a pressure face which is designed to be a contact surface between complementary blade dovetail roots and disk dovetail slots formed between adjacent disk posts. The region around the stress riser has deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening and is radially adjacent the stress riser and extends inward from a laser shocked surface of the component along the transition fillet.
摘要:
Gas turbine engine blade with a metallic airfoil having a radially outer tip extending chordwise between a leading edge and a trailing edge and at least one laser shock peened surface extending radially along at least a portion of the tip and a region having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening (LSP) extending into the airfoil from the laser shock peened surface.
摘要:
Turbomachinery rotor components having a metallic body with at least a portion of the body subject to a tensile stress field due to centrifugal and thermal growth induced forces generated by the rotor when the rotor is rotating, at least one stress riser in the stress field portion that causes stress concentration when the rotor is rotating, and at least one region of the component around the stress riser having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening (LSP).
摘要:
A method for laser shock peening rotor blade leading and trailing edges of gas turbine engine integrally bladed rotors and disks that are not blocked by other rows of blades. The method includes continuously firing a stationary laser beam, which repeatable pulses between relatively constant periods, along at least a portion of leading or trailing edges of the blade, with the laser beam aimed at an oblique angle with respect to a surface of the edge such that laser pulses form overlapping elliptical shaped laser spots. In the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the elliptical shaped laser spots have an overlap of about 50% and are on the order of 11.7 mm by 4 mm in diameter. Another method is for laser shock peening rotor blade leading and trailing edges of gas turbine engine integrally bladed rotors and disks that are blocked by other rows of blades. The method includes continuously firing the stationary laser beam, which repeatable pulses between relatively constant periods, along at least a portion of leading or trailing edges of the blade, with the laser beam compoundly angled such that it is aimed at a first oblique angle with respect to a surface of the edge and at a second oblique angle with respect to an axis about which the rotor is circumscribed. Laser pulses form the elliptical shaped laser spots that are angled from the leading edge radially inwardly towards the axis. In the exemplary embodiment, the elliptical shaped laser spots have an overlap of about 50%.
摘要:
The present invention is a method for operating a gas turbine engine airfoil having leading and trailing edges subject to FOD (foreign object damage) damage. The method includes inspecting the airfoil along at least a first one of the edges having at least a first laser shock peened patch along the first one of the edges, ascertaining FOD lengths of foreign object damage (FOD) extending from the first one of the edges into the airfoil within the patch, and allowing the airfoil to remain in service without repair if the FOD lengths are up to a maximum length of about one-half of a width of the laser shock peened patch, as measured from the edge.
摘要:
A bearing element having a metallic body with a bearing contact curved surface portion, at least one laser shock peened surface encompassing at least a portion of the contact surface portion, and a region having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening (LSP) extending into the body from the laser shock peened surface. The present invention may be used for rolling elements such as ball bearing elements or elongated roller elements and for static elements such as races which may be singular or split and may have circumferentially spaced oil feed passages radially disposed therethrough.
摘要:
A test coupon is formed from a metallic strip having opposite first and second sides that generally define a plane of the strip and the strip includes a laser shock peened patch of the strip that has first and second laser shock peened surfaces on the first and second sides, respectively, first and second laser shocked regions having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by the laser shock peening extending into the strip from the first and second laser shock peened surfaces, respectively, and a deflection of a portion of the strip from a position of the portion before the laser shock peening. The deflection is formed by the laser shock peening such that at least a part and preferably substantially all of the deflection lies in the plane and the test coupon preferably includes an indicating means to indicate the deflection.
摘要:
A method for quality assurance of a laser process and more particularly a laser shock peening process that uses a test coupon having a deflection formed by a laser firing. The test coupon is from a metallic strip having opposite first and second sides that generally define a plane of the strip and the strip includes a laser shock peened patch of the strip that has first and second laser shock peened surfaces on the first and second sides, respectively, first and second laser shocked regions having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by the laser shock peening extending into the strip from the first and second laser shock peened surfaces, respectively, and a deflection of a portion of the strip from a position of the portion before the laser shock peening. The deflection is formed by the laser shock peening such that at least a part and preferably substantially all of the deflection lies in the plane of the strip and the test coupon preferably includes an indicating means to indicate the deflection. The quality assurance process of the present invention may further include correlating high cycle fatigue to the deflection.
摘要:
Turbomachinery rotor component, which may be a disk or drum rotor, having an annular rim disposed about a centerline for securing the blades to the rotor and that is subject to a tensile stress field due to centrifugal and thermal growth induced forces generated by the rotor when the rotor is rotating. An annular channel slot is cut around the rim, has outer annular overhanging rails, and has at least one stress riser in the form of a three sided slot cut in the radial direction through one of the rails. A region around rounded corners of the stress riser has deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening and extends inward from a laser shocked surface of the component encompassed by the region. A more particular embodiment, the annular channel slot is a dovetail blade root slot and the outer annular overhanging rails each has pairs of stress risers in the form of opposing three sided slots cut in the radial direction through each of the rails wherein one pair is a pair of blade loading slots and another pair is a pair of blade locking slots.