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US 12,601,269 B2Granted
Turbine engine with composite airfoils
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
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Abstract
A turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section. The turbine engine includes a set of composite airfoils, where a composite airfoil of the set of composite airfoils includes a composite body that extends chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge. A leading edge protector is coupled to the composite body. A platform extends from the composite airfoil.
Claims13
A turbine engine comprising:
- a fan;
- a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor;
- a speed reduction device driven by the turbine section and configured for rotating the fan;
- composite airfoils comprising at least one composite fan blade and at least one composite outlet guide vane downstream from the at least one composite fan blade;
- wherein an airfoil of the composite airfoils comprises:
- a composite body extending chordwise from a body leading edge to a body trailing edge, and
- a leading edge protector having a protector leading edge different from, and receiving at least a portion of, the composite body,
- wherein a leading length (LL) extends chordwise from the protector leading edge to an end of the leading edge protector, and a chord length (CL) extends chordwise from the protector leading edge to the body trailing edge, and
- wherein the LL is related to the CL by an airfoil protection factor
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- APF
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- LL
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- CL
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- and a first APF (APF1) for the at least one composite fan blade is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 0.30 (0.2≤APF1≤0.3) and a second APF (APF2) for the at least one composite outlet guide vane is greater than or equal to 0.08 and less than or equal to 0.17 (0.08≤APF2≤0.17);
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- a platform comprising a structural body portion and a flowpath surface portion joined to the structural body portion, wherein the flowpath surface portion defines a radially outer surface that extends from the at least one composite fan blade or the at least one composite outlet guide vane, and wherein the flowpath surface portion defines at least one wing having a resilient seal member.
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