Gas turbine engine components with optimized leading edge geometry
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F01D-011/08
F01D-005/14
F01D-025/24
F01D-005/12
F01D-011/00
출원번호
US-0997323
(2016-01-15)
등록번호
US-10138748
(2018-11-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Praisner, Thomas J.
Lutjen, Paul M.
Blaney, Ken F.
Swift, Anthony B.
Tatman, Neil L.
Jarochym, Christopher M.
출원인 / 주소
United Technologies Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
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초록▼
A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The elongated transition po
A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. A gas turbine engine is also provided.
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1. A gas turbine engine component comprising: a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion configured as a section of an ellipse extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body, wherein the section comprises
1. A gas turbine engine component comprising: a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion configured as a section of an ellipse extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body, wherein the section comprises a portion defined between an intersection of a major axis with the ellipse and an intersection of a minor axis with the ellipse, wherein the length of the major axis is greater than the length of the minor axis, and wherein the elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. 2. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1, wherein a static structure is configured to be disposed adjacent and upstream of the gas turbine engine component in a gas turbine engine and each of the static structure and the gas turbine engine component is configured to move relative to each other because of thermal or mechanical deflections. 3. The gas turbine engine component of claim 2, wherein the elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height by up to one order of magnitude. 4. The gas turbine engine component of claim 3, wherein the axial length of the elongated transition portion is about three to about ten times the radial height of the elongated transition portion. 5. The gas turbine engine component of claim 3, wherein the section of an ellipse has an elliptical factor of greater than about 3, wherein the elliptical factor is defined as a length of the major axis divided by the length of the minor axis, wherein the major axis is parallel to an axis of rotation of the gas turbine engine. 6. The gas turbine engine component of claim 5, wherein the elongated transition portion has a first tangency point and a second tangency point and the axial length comprises a length between the first tangency point and the second tangency point. 7. The gas turbine engine component of claim 3, wherein the elongated transition portion has a chamfer of less than about 18 degrees combined with a radius. 8. The gas turbine engine component of claim 7, wherein the elongated transition portion is configured as a chamfer blended with a radius to at least one of the leading edge or the proximate flowpath surface of the main body. 9. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1, wherein the gas turbine engine component comprises a blade outer air seal (BOAS) segment. 10. A gas turbine engine comprising: a blade stage; and a circumferential array of blade outer air seal segments in the blade stage, a blade outer seal (BOAS) segment comprising: a main body that extends axially with respect to a central axis from a leading edge portion of the main body to a trailing edge portion of the main body, wherein the leading edge portion of the BOAS segment includes a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and an inner diameter flowpath surface of the main body, wherein the elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height, wherein the elongated transition portion is configured as a section of an ellipse, wherein the section comprises a portion defined between an intersection of a major axis with the ellipse and an intersection of a minor axis with the ellipse, and wherein the length of the major axis is greater than the length of the minor axis. 11. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein the axial length of the elongated transition portion is about three to about ten times the radial height of the elongated transition portion. 12. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein the ellipse has an elliptical factor of greater than about 3, wherein the elliptical factor is defined as a length of the major axis divided by the length of the minor axis, wherein the major axis is parallel to an axis of rotation of the gas turbine engine. 13. The gas turbine engine of claim 10, wherein the elongated transition portion has a chamfer of less than about 18 degrees. 14. The gas turbine engine of claim 13, wherein the elongated transition portion is configured as a chamfer blended with a radius to at least one of the leading edge or the inner diameter flowpath surface of the main body. 15. A gas turbine engine comprising: an engine case; a turbine stage comprising a stator vane and a rotor blade; and a gas turbine engine component comprising a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion configured as a section of an ellipse extending between the leading edge and proximate flowpath surface of the main body, wherein the section comprises a portion defined between an intersection of a major axis with the ellipse and an intersection of a minor axis with the ellipse, wherein the length of the major axis is greater than the length of the minor axis, and wherein the elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. 16. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the axial length of the elongated transition portion is about three to about ten times the radial height of the elongated transition portion. 17. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the elongated transition portion is further configured as at least one of a chamfer of less than 18 degrees or a chamfer of less than 18 degrees blended with a radius to at least one of the leading edge or the proximate flowpath surface of the main body. 18. The gas turbine engine of claim 17, wherein the elongated transition portion is configured as at least one of the ellipse having an elliptical factor of greater than about 3 wherein the major axis is parallel to an axis of rotation of the gas turbine engine, a chamfer of less than about 18 degrees, or a chamfer blended with a radius to at least one of the leading edge or the proximate flowpath surface of the main body. 19. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the gas turbine engine component comprises a blade outer air seal segment attached to the engine case and facing the rotor blade to locally bind a radially outboard extreme of a core flowpath through the gas turbine engine, the blade outer air seal segment comprising: a main body that extends axially with respect to a central axis from a leading edge portion of the main body to a trailing edge portion of the main body, wherein the leading edge portion includes a leading edge wall; andan elongated transition portion included in the leading edge wall, the elongated transition portion having an axial length that is greater than a radial height of the elongated transition portion by up to one order of magnitude. 20. The gas turbine engine of claim 15, wherein a static structure is configured to be disposed adjacent and upstream of the gas turbine engine component in the gas turbine engine and each of the static structure and the gas turbine engine component is configured to move relative to each other because of thermal or mechanical deflections.
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