System and process for designing internal components for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsPeter Cocks, Wookyung Kim
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Abstract
A process for designing an internal turbine engine component including operating a test rig incorporating a physical morphing component having a first geometry and generating a data set of empirically determined component performance parameters corresponding to the first geometry. Providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters to a computational optimization system and automatically. Determining a geometry optimization of the morphing component. Altering the geometry of the morphing component to match the geometry optimization. Reiterating operating the test rig and providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters.
Claims20
A process for designing an internal turbine engine component comprising:
- operating a test rig incorporating a physical morphing component having a first geometry and generating a data set of empirically determined component performance parameters corresponding to the first geometry;
- providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters to a computational optimization system and automatically determining a geometry optimization of the morphing component;
- altering the geometry of the morphing component to match the geometry optimization;
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- reiterating operating the test rig and providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters.
A system for optimizing a geometry of a gas turbine engine component comprising:
- a test rig includes at least a portion of a gas turbine engine and a plurality of rig operation sensors, at least a portion of the gas turbine engine including at least one morphing component;
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- a computer system connected to the testing rig such that sensor outputs from the plurality of rig operation sensor are provided to the computer system, the computer system including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory incudes instructions configured to cause the processor to perform the steps of generating a data set of empirically determined component performance parameters corresponding to a first geometry of the morphing component, and providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters to a computational optimization system and automatically determining a geometry optimization of the morphing component.
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