One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique reheat system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and reheat systems. Further embodiments,
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique reheat system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and reheat systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
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1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a longitudinal axis lying along an axial direction, and a reheat combustion system;a flowpath structure located in a reheat combustion system flowpath, wherein the flowpath structure includes:a body radially spanning said flowpath, said body having a tip portion
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A gas turbine engine, comprising: a longitudinal axis lying along an axial direction, and a reheat combustion system;a flowpath structure located in a reheat combustion system flowpath, wherein the flowpath structure includes:a body radially spanning said flowpath, said body having a tip portion nearest a radially outward boundary of said flowpath and a hub portion nearest a radially inward boundary of said flowpath, wherein the body includes a cavity therein spanning said flowpath in a spanwise direction; wherein the cavity includes an inlet portion operative to receive a reheat flow into the cavity; andan elongate exhaust port arrangement spanning said cavity in a spanwise direction and opening in a circumferential direction, with respect to said axial direction, into the flowpath and operative to expose the cavity to the flowpath, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is configured with a width in a flowpath direction that narrows from the hub portion to the tip portion in the spanwise direction. 2. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is configured with a centerline that varies in location along the flowpath direction. 3. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the cavity has a cross-sectional area that varies with location in the spanwise direction. 4. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the cavity has a cross-sectional area that decreases with distance from the inlet portion of the cavity. 5. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the width of the exhaust port arrangement increases with distance from the inlet portion of the cavity. 6. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is an elongate slot. 7. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the body is an airfoil. 8. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the cavity is a combustion reaction cavity. 9. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine system;a reheat combustion system, wherein said reheat combustion system comprises a hot section component, the hot section component including:a flowpath structure located in a reheat combustion system flowpath, wherein the flowpath structure includes:a body radially spanning said flowpath, said body having a tip portion nearest a radially outward boundary of said flowpath and a hub portion nearest a radially inward boundary of said flowpath, wherein the body includes a cavity therein spanning said flowpath in a spanwise direction; wherein the cavity includes an inlet portion operative to receive a reheat flow for distribution to the turbine system; anda single exhaust port arrangement spanning said cavity in a spanwise direction, operative to expose the cavity to the flowpath, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is configured with a width in a flowpath direction that narrows from the hub portion to the tip portion in the spanwise directionwherein at the tip portion, the width of the exhaust port arrangement in the flowpath direction is less than the width of the cavity in the flowpath direction, and at the hub portion, the width of the exhaust port arrangement in the flowpath direction is substantially the same as the width of the cavity in the flowpath direction. 10. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is configured with a centerline that varies in location in the flowpath direction. 11. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the cavity has a cross-sectional area that varies with location in the spanwise direction. 12. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the cavity has a cross-sectional area that decreases with distance from the inlet portion of the cavity. 13. The gas turbine engine hot section component of claim 9, wherein the width of the exhaust port arrangement increases with distance from the inlet portion of the cavity. 14. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the exhaust port arrangement is an elongate slot. 15. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the body is an airfoil. 16. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the cavity is a combustion reaction cavity. 17. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the inlet portion is operative to receive a reheat flow from a primary zone of a secondary combustor the gas turbine engine. 18. The gas turbine of claim 9, further operable to create a pressure gradient along the cavity. 19. The gas turbine engine of claim 18, wherein the pressure gradient includes a pressure gradient normal to the cavity. 20. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine system;a reheat combustion system, wherein said reheat combustion system comprises a secondary combustor and a hot section component, the hot section component including:a flowpath structure located in a reheat combustion system flowpath, wherein the flowpath structure includes:a body radially spanning said flowpath, said body having a tip portion nearest a radially outward boundary of said flowpath and a hub portion nearest a radially inward boundary of said flowpath, wherein the body includes a cavity extending in a spanwise direction between the tip portion and the hub portion for receiving a reheat flow from a secondary combustor for distribution to the turbine system; and an elongate exhaust port having a width in a flowpath direction that narrows from the hub portion to the tip portion to uniformly distribute the reheat flow from the cavity into the gas turbine engine flowpath;wherein the body is an airfoil having, in the flowpath direction, a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, wherein a suction side and a pressure side of the airfoil extend from the leading edge portion to the trailing edge portion and the suction side is spaced from the pressure side in a circumferential direction, and wherein the elongate exhaust port is located on the suction side of the airfoil. 21. The gas turbine engine of claim 20, wherein the cavity has a cross-sectional area that varies with location in the spanwise direction. 22. The gas turbine engine of claim 20, wherein the cavity has a centerline that varies in location in a flowpath direction.
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