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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon ALlanson Reynolds, Jonathan David Baldiga, Darrell Glenn Senile, Daniel Patrick Kerns, Michael Ray Tuertscher
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Flow path assemblies of gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall and a unitary outer wall that includes a combustor portion extending through a combustion section of the gas turbine engine and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. The combustor portion and the turbine portion are integrally formed as a single unitary structure. The flow path assembly further comprises a plurality of nozzle airfoils, each nozzle airfoil having an inner end radially opposite an outer end. The inner wall or the unitary outer wall defines a plurality of openings therethrough, and each opening is configured for receipt of one of the plurality of nozzle airfoils. Methods of assembling flow path assemblies also are provided.
A flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine, the flow path assembly comprising:
A flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine, the flow path assembly comprising:
A method for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine, the flow path assembly comprising an inner wall and a unitary outer wall including a combustor portion and a turbine portion, the combustor portion of the unitary outer wall extending through a combustion section of the gas turbine engine and the turbine portion of the unitary outer wall extending through at least a first turbine stage and a second turbine stage of a turbine section of the gas turbine engine, wherein the turbine portion of the unitary outer wall comprises an outer band of a nozzle portion of the first turbine stage, a shroud of a blade portion of the first turbine stage, an outer band of a nozzle portion of the second turbine stage, and a shroud of a blade portion of the second turbine stage, and wherein the combustor portion and the turbine portion of the unitary outer wall are integrally formed as a single unitary structure, and the method comprising:
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