A fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system conducting pressurized fluid flow is provided. The fuel conveying member comprises a body defining an L-shaped fuel flow passage therein, the L-shaped passage including an elbow. The elbow portion provides a substantially smooth fluid-dynam
A fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system conducting pressurized fluid flow is provided. The fuel conveying member comprises a body defining an L-shaped fuel flow passage therein, the L-shaped passage including an elbow. The elbow portion provides a substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition between portions of the passage upstream and downstream thereof.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system conducting pressurized fluid flow, the fuel conveying member comprising a one-piece body defining an L-shaped fuel flow passage internally extending at least partially therethrough, the fuel flow passage having
The invention claimed is: 1. A fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system conducting pressurized fluid flow, the fuel conveying member comprising a one-piece body defining an L-shaped fuel flow passage internally extending at least partially therethrough, the fuel flow passage having first and second passage portions disposed transverse relative to each other and extending away from an elbow therebetween, the elbow linking and providing communication between the first and second passage portions, the elbow including a transition edge defined at an intersection of inner wall surfaces of said first and second passage portions, said transition edge being radiused, the first passage portion being in fluid-flow communication with an entrance of said body and having a first internal cross-sectional area and the second passage portion being in fluid-flow communication with an exit of said body and having a second internal cross-sectional area, the second internal cross-sectional area having a size different from that of the first internal cross-sectional area, the first internal cross-sectional area being substantially circular and the second internal cross-sectional area being substantially rectangular, and said elbow providing a first substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition between said first and second passage portions. 2. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 1, wherein said fuel conveying member is a fuel manifold of said gas turbine engine fuel system. 3. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 1, wherein said first internal cross-sectional area is greater than said second internal cross-sectional area. 4. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 1, wherein said elbow is formed by the intersection of said first and second passage portions. 5. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 1, wherein said first passage portion includes a downstream end, having said first internal cross-sectional area and being adjacent said elbow, and an upstream end thereof, said upstream end of said first passage portion having a third internal cross-sectional area different than said first internal cross-sectional area. 6. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 5, wherein said first passage portion includes a second substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition between said upstream and downstream ends thereof. 7. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 5, wherein said third internal cross-sectional area is smaller than said first internal cross-sectional area. 8. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 7, wherein said second internal cross-sectional area is smaller than said third internal cross-sectional area. 9. The fuel conveying member as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of said first passage portion and said second passage portion is an EDM-formed passageway. 10. A method of providing an internal passage within a fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system, the internal passage being for conveying pressurized fuel flow therethrough, the method comprising: forming a first passage portion within a solid portion of said fuel conveying member, said first passage portion having a first internal cross-sectional area that is substantially circular in shape; forming a second passage portion within said solid portion of said fuel conveying member, the second passage portion intersecting the first passage portion such as to form an elbow therebetween, the first and second passage portions defining said internal passage and providing said internal passage with a substantially L-shaped configuration, said second passage portion having a second internal cross-sectional area that is substantially rectangular in shape, the second internal cross-sectional area having a size that is different from that of the first internal cross-sectional area; and creating an internal radius in a transition edge within said elbow, said transition edge being defined at an intersection of a portion of inner wall surfaces of said first and second internal passages, said radiused transition edge providing a substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition between said first and second passage portions. 11. The method as defined in claim 10, further comprising forming at least one of said first and second passage portions by electric discharge machining. 12. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the step of creating an internal radius is performed by electric discharge machining. 13. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the step of creating an internal radius is performed simultaneously with the step of forming the second passage portion, the intersection of the second passage portion and the first passage portion creating said radiused transition edge. 14. The method as defined in claim 10, further comprising forming said first passage portion having a first end adjacent said elbow and a second end opposite said first end, the first and second ends of said first passage portion having different internal cross-sectional area. 15. The method as defined in claim 14, further comprising forming a substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition in said first passage portion between said first and second ends thereof. 16. The method as defined in claim 15, wherein the step of forming said substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition is performed by electric discharge machining. 17. A method of providing an internal passage within a fuel conveying member of a gas turbine engine fuel system, the internal passage being for conveying pressurized fuel flow therethrough, the method comprising: forming a first passage portion within a solid portion of said fuel conveying member using electric discharge machining, said first passage portion having a first internal cross-sectional area; forming a second passage portion within said solid portion of said fuel conveying member using electric discharge machining, the second passage portion intersecting the first passage portion such as to form an elbow therebetween, the first and second passage portions defining said internal passage and providing said internal passage with a substantially L-shaped configuration, said second passage portion having a second internal cross-sectional area, the second internal cross-sectional area having a size that is different from that of the first internal cross-sectional area; and creating an internal radius in a transition edge within said elbow using electric discharge machining, said transition edge being defined at an intersection of a portion of inner wall surfaces of said first and second internal passages, said radiused transition edge providing a substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition between said first and second passage portions. 18. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising forming said first passage portion such that said first internal cross-sectional area is substantially circular in shape and forming said second passage portion such that said second internal cross-sectional area is substantially rectangular in shape. 19. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising forming said first passage portion with a downstream end having said first internal cross-sectional area and being adjacent said elbow, and an upstream end opposite said downstream end, and forming the upstream end of said first passage portion having a third internal cross-sectional area different than said first internal cross-sectional area. 20. The method as defined in claim 19, further comprising forming a second substantially smooth fluid-dynamic transition in said first passage portion between said upstream and downstream ends thereof.
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