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7625181 Turbine cascade structure  
A turbine blade cascade structure includes a plurality of blades arranged in series in a circumferential direction on a wall surface, in which a corner portion defined by the wall surface and a...
7600972 Methods and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine rotor assemblies  
A method and apparatus for a rotor assembly for gas turbine engine are provided. A first rotor blade including an airfoil, a platform, a shank, an internal cavity, and a dovetail is provided,...
7581930 High lift transonic turbine blade  
A turbine blade system including a blade airfoil having an airfoil shape with the blade airfoil having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with normalized Cartesian coordinate values Z...
7581924 Turbine vanes with airfoil-proximate cooling seam  
Aspects of the invention relate to a turbine vane in which the inner and outer platforms are located substantially entirely on either the pressure side or the suction side of the airfoil. When a...
7575416 Rotor assembly for a rotary machine  
A rotor assembly having a seal member in the root section of a rotor blade is disclosed. Various construction details are developed for blocking the flow of gases between adjacent rotor blades. In...
7553131 Integrated platform, tip, and main body microcircuits for turbine blades  
A turbine engine component has an airfoil portion with a pressure side and a suction side. The turbine engine component further has a first cooling microcircuit for cooling the suction side of the...
7549846 Turbine blades  
A turbine blade is provided for use in a gas turbine engine. The turbine blade has a platform, an airfoil radially extending from the platform, and an attachment portion comprising an asymmetric...
7534090 Enhanced bucket vibration system  
An enhanced damping system for a turbine bucket. The damping system includes a damper pocket and a damper pin with an offset center of gravity positioned within the damper pocket.
7527476 Rotor assembly and annulus filler for gas turbine engine compressor  
A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine compressor includes a rotor disc for mounting a plurality of radially extending rotor blades for rotation thereon, an annulus filler for securing to the...
7497661 Gas turbine rotor blade  
A rotor blade for a gas turbine, in particular a turbojet, the blade comprising an airfoil, a platform connecting the airfoil to a blade root and having at least one stiffener extending under the...
7491033 Fluid flow machine blade  
A fluid flow machine blade ( 1 ) is provided on the outer contour of the airfoil ( 4 ) with a thermal barrier coating ( 41 ). In this context, quite purposefully, only part-regions of the airfoil...
7488157 Turbine vane with removable platform inserts  
Aspects of the invention are related to a turbine vane assembly in which at least one of the platforms is equipped with one or more removable platform inserts. The inserts can be used in those...
7484936 Blades for a gas turbine engine with integrated sealing plate and method  
A blade for a rotor assembly including a root portion, a platform with an overhang, an airfoil portion and a sealing plate. The sealing plate protrudes from the blade along a circumferential...
7484935 Turbine rotor hub contour  
Disclosed herein is a turbine rotor having a contoured hub comprising a cambered surface extending from a leading edge of the rotor hub to a trailing edge of the rotor hub along an axial direction...
7467924 Turbine blade including revised platform  
The present invention provides a turbine blade having a revised under-platform structure including a unique coating combination that reduces mechanical stress factors within the turbine blade. The...
7465155 Non-axisymmetric end wall contouring for a turbomachine blade row  
A turbomachine blade row is provided having a hub that includes a non-axisymmetric end wall modified by a transformation function. The blade row further includes a circumferential row of a...
7458779 Gas turbine or compressor blade  
A gas turbine or compressor blade, includes a convex outer surface or suction side and a concave inner surface or pressure side, these sides being joined at their upstream ends by a leading edge...
7452184 Airfoil platform impingement cooling  
A gas turbine engine airfoil has a platform cooling scheme including an impingement hole for directing cooling air against an undersurface of the airfoil platform.
7445433 Fan or compressor blisk  
A fan or compressor blisk for a gas turbine engine, lift fan or the like, comprises a disc having a radially outer rim, and a plurality of aerofoil blades circumferentially spaced around and...
7442007 Angled blade firtree retaining system  
A blade root retaining system for attachment of a turbine blade to a turbine disc of a gas turbine engine comprises a blade root having at least one projection on each of opposite sides thereof,...
7431564 Turbine blisk  
A blisk for use in the turbine section of a gas turbine engine comprises a disk around the circumference of which is disposed a plurality of blades in an annular array. The blades are preferably...
7416391 Bucket platform cooling circuit and method  
In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion with a platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and the root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including: a...
7399163 Rotor blade for a compressor or a gas turbine  
Rotor blade for a compressor or a gas turbine, in particular for a turbojet engine, including a suction side and a pressure side, which are joined at their upstream ends by a leading edge and at...
7374400 Turbine blade arrangement  
A turbine blade arrangement comprises turbine blades which are secured in adjacent positions to a rotor disc with a cavity defined between root segments and platform segments. A flow deflector...
7371046 Turbine airfoil with variable and compound fillet  
A turbine airfoil may be a rotating blade having a single platform, or a stationary nozzle having a pair of platforms. The airfoil body has pressure and suction sidewalls extending between leading...
7354243 Axial compressor blading  
An axial compressor has at least one circumferential row of aerofoil members ( 30 a , 30 b , 30 c ) in which at least one of the two end walls ( 37 ) between adjacent blades is given a...
7334995 Turbine blade assembly and method of manufacture  
Aspects of the invention are directed to a turbine blade assembly and an associated method of manufacture. The turbine blade assembly can include: (a) a unitary structure having an airfoil and a...
7334983 Integrated bladed fluid seal  
Disclosed are various embodiments of a gas turbine blade to vane interface seal for restricting leakage of cooling air and improving the apportioning of the cooling air to the seal. Accordingly, a...
7322797 Damper cooled turbine blade  
A turbine blade includes an airfoil, platform, shank, and dovetail integrally joined together. A cooling chamber is located under the platform and has a portal exposed outwardly from the shank. A...
7322796 Turbine vane construction  
A method for forming a component for use in a gas turbine engine, such as a turbine vane construction is provided. The method broadly comprises the steps of: forming a first aerodynamic structure...
7309212 Gas turbine bucket with cooled platform leading edge and method of cooling platform leading edge  
In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion with a substantially planar platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and the root portion, a platform cooling...
7300253 Gas turbine blade or vane and platform element for a gas turbine blade or vane ring of a gas turbine, supporting structure for securing gas turbine blades or vanes arranged in a ring, gas turbine blade or vane ring and the use of a gas turbine blade or vane ring  
The invention relates to a gas turbine blade or vane ring having a supporting structure and gas turbine blades or vanes secured to it. The gas turbine blades or vanes have a blade or vane root,...
7284958 Separable blade platform  
A gas turbine engine blade platform including a par of platform retention members. The pair of platform retention members are configured to be located on opposite sides of a disk lug. The retention...
7264447 Sealing arrangement for an axial turbine wheel  
In an axial turbine wheel including a rotor disk and a plurality of turbine blades each having a base end retained by the rotor disk via a joint and extending radially from the rotor disk, a seal...
7255536 Turbine airfoil platform cooling circuit  
An airfoil assembly includes an airfoil extending away from a platform. One or more cooling circuits are formed through the platform in order to provide cooling of the platform. The cooling circuit...
7252477 Rotating blade body  
A rotating blade body is provided that can restrain vibrations of rotating blades effectively. The rotating blade body comprises a rotor disc, a plurality of rotating blades being assembled so as...
7249933 Funnel fillet turbine stage  
A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils and their platforms spaced laterally apart to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil is integrally joined to its platform at a funnel-shaped...
7249928 Turbine nozzle with purge cavity blend  
A turbine nozzle for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle segment having an airfoil-shaped vane with a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge and opposed curved pressure and suction sides....
7244104 Deflectors for controlling entry of fluid leakage into the working fluid flowpath of a gas turbine engine  
A deflector arrangement is provided for improving turbine efficiency by imparting added tangential velocity to a leakage flow entering the working fluid flowpath of a gas turbine engine.
7220103 Impingement cooling of large fillet of an airfoil  
A gas turbine engine blade has a relatively large fillet to improve the characteristics of the air flow thereover. The fillet has a thin wall which, together with an impingement rib, defines a...
7220100 Crescentic ramp turbine stage  
A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils joined to corresponding platforms to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sides and extends in chord...
7217094 Airfoil with large fillet and micro-circuit cooling  
A gas turbine engine blade has a relatively large fillet to improve the characteristics of the air flow thereover. The fillet has a thin wall which partially defines a fillet cavity therebehind,...
RE39630 Turbine blisk rim friction finger damper  
A damper for reducing vibrations in an integrally bladed turbine disk is provided. The damper includes an annular member and a plurality of fingers. The annular member is configured so that it is...
7214034 Control of leak zone under blade platform  
A system for controlling a leakage zone under platforms of blades of a turbomachine blade-wheel by liners having edges that flare radially inwards, and that are disposed in inter-blade cavities...
7207776 Cooling arrangement  
A cooling arrangement comprises a support ( 20 ) for a plurality of blades ( 22 ). The support ( 20 ) comprises a plurality of blade mounting members ( 28 ) provided between adjacent blades ( 22 )....
7198467 Method and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine rotor blades  
A method for fabricating a turbine rotor blade includes casting a turbine rotor blade including a dovetail, a platform having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a cast-in plenum defined...
7189063 Methods and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine rotor assemblies  
A method for assembling a rotor assembly for gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a first rotor blade that includes an airfoil, a platform, a shank, and a dovetail. The...
7189056 Blade and disk radial pre-swirlers  
A deflector arrangement is provided for improving turbine efficiency by imparting added tangential velocity to a leakage flow entering the working fluid flowpath of a gas turbine engine.
7186089 Cooling system for a platform of a turbine blade  
A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a platform cooling system formed from one or more platform cooling channels extending from an inner cooling cavity in a root of a turbine blade to an...
7179049 Gas turbine gas path contour  
Gas flow is redirected by a feature disposed on a trailing edge of at least one segment of a peripheral gas path defining surface to improve alignment with a downstream portion of the gas path.
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