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AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsSivasubramaniam K. Sathianathan, Stephen J. Booth, Ian G. Martindale
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A gas turbine engine fan blade containment assembly (38) comprising a generally cylindrical, or frustoconical, metal casing (40) has an upstream portion (56), a transition portion (58) and a blade containment portion (54) and a downstream portion (60). The upstream portion (56) has a flange (42) connecting the metal casing (40) to a flange (48) on axially adjacent casing (46). The blade containment portion (54) has a greater thickness (T2) than the thickness (T1) of the upstream portion (54) and the downstream portion (60). The downstream portion (60) has impact protection means (64B) located on its inner surface (62) to protect the downstream portion (60) of the containment casing (40). The impact protection means (64) comprises a plurality of radially inwardly and circumferentially extending ribs (80) on the inner surface (62) of the downstream portion (60) to act as spacer between an inner portion of a detached fan blade (34) and the downstream portion (60).
A gas turbine engine rotor blade containment assembly comprising a generally cylindrical, or frustoconical, containment casing, the containment casing having an upstream portion, a blade containment portion and a downstream portion, the blade containment portion being downstream of the upstream portion and upstream of the downstream portion, the downstream portion having impact protection means located on its inner surface to protect the downstream portion of the containment casing.
A gas turbine engine rotor blade containment assembly as claimed in any of claims 1 to 19 wherein the containment casing is a fan containment casing, a compressor containment casing or a turbine containment casing.
A gas turbine engine rotor blade containment assembly comprising a generally cylindrical, or frustoconical containment casing, the containment casing having an upstream portion, a blade containment portion and a downstream portion, the blade containment portion being downstream of the upstream portion and upstream of the downstream portion, the downstream portion having impact protection means located on its inner surface to protect the downstream portion of the containment casing, the impact protection means comprises at least one rib extending circumferentially and radially inwardly from the downstream portion of the containment casing.
A gas turbine engine rotor blade containment assembly comprising a generally cylindrical, or frustoconical, containment casing, the containment casing having an upstream portion, a blade containment portion and a downstream portion, the blade containment portion being downstream of the upstream portion and upstream of the downstream portion, the downstream portion having impact protection means located on its inner surface to protect the downstream portion of the containment casing, the impact protection means comprises a stiff and lightweight material arranged within an abutting the downstream portion of the containment casing.
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