A turbine rotor assembly may include a turbine rotor with a plurality of turbine blade slots and a plurality of turbine blades. A root structure of each turbine blade may include a portion shaped to be received in a corresponding turbine blade slot of the rotor. The rotor assembly may also include a
A turbine rotor assembly may include a turbine rotor with a plurality of turbine blade slots and a plurality of turbine blades. A root structure of each turbine blade may include a portion shaped to be received in a corresponding turbine blade slot of the rotor. The rotor assembly may also include a seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor. The seal plate may extend upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor.
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1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine rotor assembly, the turbine rotor assembly including a turbine rotor having a plurality of turbine blade slots extending radially inward from an outer rim, each turbine blade slot extending radially from an inner end to the outer rim and extending axial
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A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine rotor assembly, the turbine rotor assembly including a turbine rotor having a plurality of turbine blade slots extending radially inward from an outer rim, each turbine blade slot extending radially from an inner end to the outer rim and extending axially from a forward end to an aft end of the rotor, each turbine blade slot including a fir-tree shaped configuration with a plurality of lobes arranged radially, and a groove being positioned on the aft end of the rotor;a plurality of turbine blades having an airfoil and a root structure extending from opposite sides of a platform, the root structure of each turbine blade including a portion shaped to be received in a corresponding turbine blade slot of the rotor to form an under-platform cavity between the root structures of two adjacent turbine blades and the outer rim of the rotor;a seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor, the seal plate extending upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor; anda damper positioned in the under-platform cavity and shaped to permit ingress of cooling air into the under-platform cavity at the forward end of the rotor and to restrict egress of cooling air from the under-platform cavity at the aft end of the rotor, the damper including a forward plate and an aft plate, and a nub protruding in an aft direction from a bottom portion of an aft face of the aft plate, the nub being positioned within the groove on the aft end of the rotor. 2. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the seal plate is an annular plate that substantially covers the blade slots at the forward end of the rotor. 3. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein a bottom portion of the forward plate extends to a location proximate the second end of the seal plate. 4. The gas turbine engine of claim 3, wherein the bottom portion of the forward plate includes a biasing lip that presses against the forward end of the rotor. 5. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the first end of the seal plate is attached to the rotor using a snap ring. 6. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the second end of the seal plate includes a circumferential lip that extends in both the forward direction and the aft direction. 7. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein a sealing pin is positioned between the platforms of the two adjacent turbine blades to isolate the under-platform cavity from an air space above the platforms. 8. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine rotor assembly having a flow of hot combustion gases and a separate flow of cooling air therethrough, the rotor assembly including, a turbine rotor extending axially from a forward end to an aft end of the rotor, the turbine rotor including a plurality of turbine blade slots extending radially inwards from an outer rim, and a groove being positioned on the aft end of the rotor;a plurality of turbine blades, each turbine blade including an airfoil and a root structure extending from opposite sides of a platform, wherein a portion of the root structure of each turbine blade is positioned in a corresponding turbine blade slot to form an under-platform cavity between the root structures of two adjacent turbine blades and the outer rim of the rotor;a sealing pin positioned between the platforms of the two adjacent turbine blades to restrict the flow of hot combustion gases into the under-platform cavity;a seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor to cover a gap between the portion of the root structure within the blade slot and the blade slot; anda damper positioned in the under-platform cavity and shaped to permit ingress of cooling air into the under-platform cavity at the forward end of the rotor and to restrict egress of cooling air from the under-platform cavity at the aft end of the rotor, the damper including a forward plate and an aft plate, and a nub protruding in an aft direction from a bottom portion of an aft face of the aft plate, the nub being positioned within the groove on the aft end of the rotor. 9. The gas turbine engine of claim 8, wherein each turbine blade slot extends radially from an inner end of the rotor to the outer rim of the rotor and includes a fir-tree shaped configuration with a plurality of lobes arranged radially. 10. The gas turbine engine of claim 9, wherein the seal plate extends upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor. 11. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein a bottom portion of the forward plate of the damper extends to a location proximate the second end of the seal plate. 12. The gas turbine engine of claim 11, wherein the forward plate includes a biasing lip that presses the forward plate against the forward end of the rotor. 13. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein the first end of the seal plate is attached to the rotor using a snap ring. 14. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein the second end of the seal plate includes a circumferential lip that extends both in the forward direction and the aft direction. 15. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a turbine rotor having a plurality of turbine blade slots extending radially inwards from an outer rim, each turbine blade slot extending radially from an inner end to the outer rim and extending axially from a forward end to an aft end of the rotor, each turbine blade slot including a fir-tree shaped configuration with a plurality of lobes arranged radially, and a groove being positioned on the aft end of the rotor;a plurality of turbine blades, each turbine blade including an airfoil and a root structure extending from opposite sides of a platform, wherein a portion of the root structure of each turbine blade is positioned in a corresponding turbine blade slot to form an under-platform cavity between the root structures of two adjacent turbine blades and the outer rim of the rotor;a damper positioned in the under-platform cavity and extending axially from the forward end to the aft end of the rotor, the damper including a forward plate at the forward end and an aft plate at the aft end, the forward plate being shaped to permit ingress of air into the under-platform cavity at the forward end of the rotor and the aft plate being shaped to restrict egress of cooling air from the under-platform cavity at the aft end of the rotor, and a nub protruding in an aft direction from a bottom portion of an aft face of the aft plate, the nub being positioned within the groove on the aft end of the rotor; anda seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor, the seal plate extending upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor. 16. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the first end of the seal plate is attached to the rotor using a snap ring and the second end of the seal plate includes a circumferential lip that extends both in the forward direction and the aft direction. 17. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the forward plate of the damper includes a biasing lip that presses against the forward end of the rotor. 18. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein an area of the aft plate is larger than an area of the forward plate of the damper.
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