Woven reinforcing fiber airfoil structure for a turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAaron M. Gilbert, Ming Xie, Mitchell Boyer, Heidi J. Stegemiller, Daniel T. Weisbrod
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAaron M. Gilbert, Ming Xie, Mitchell Boyer, Heidi J. Stegemiller, Daniel T. Weisbrod
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An airfoil includes a non-uniform weave structure that is two-dimensional or three-dimensional, the non-uniform weave structure including a plurality of reinforcing fibers, the non-uniform weave structure having a first region with a first stiffness and a second region with a second stiffness higher than the first stiffness, wherein the plurality of reinforcing fibers include higher density fibers in the second region and lower density fibers in the first region so as to increase a stiffness of the airfoil at the second region of the airfoil in a desired orientation to achieve a desired aeromechanics response of the airfoil.
An airfoil comprising:
A turbine engine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.