Unitary flow path structure
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMark Eugene Noe, Shawn Michael Pearson, Joshua Tyler Mook, Brandon ALlanson Reynolds, Jonathan David Baldiga
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMark Eugene Noe, Shawn Michael Pearson, Joshua Tyler Mook, Brandon ALlanson Reynolds, Jonathan David Baldiga
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Gas turbine engines, as well as outer walls and flow path assemblies of gas turbine engines, are provided. For example, an outer wall of a flow path comprises a combustor portion extending through a combustion section, and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section. The combustor and turbine portions are integrally formed as a single unitary structure that defines an outer boundary of the flow path. As another example, a flow path assembly comprises a combustor dome positioned a forward end of a combustor; an outer wall extending from the combustor dome through at least a first turbine stage; and an inner wall extending from the combustor dome through at least a combustion section. The combustor dome extends radially from the outer wall to the inner wall and is integrally formed with the outer and inner walls as a single unitary structure.
A flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine, the flow path assembly extending from a combustor through a turbine section of the gas turbine engine, the turbine section including a first turbine stage immediately downstream of the combustor and a second turbine stage immediately downstream of the first turbine stage, the flow path assembly defining a flow path, the flow path assembly comprising:
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