Double wall combustor tile arrangement
OwnerAnthony Pidcock, Desmond Closeinventors
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Abstract
A double wall structure (22) for a combustor (15) of a gas turbine engine (10) comprising an inner wall (28) and an outer wall (27), the inner wall (28) comprising a plurality of main tiles (50), the main tiles (50) are secured to the outer wall (27) by a securing means (35), wherein the inner wall (28) further comprises a plurality of edge tiles (52) which are secured to the outer wall (27) by securing means (35), each edge tile (52) overlapping at least one edge (30, 31, 54, 61) of a main tile (50) thereby further securing the main tiles (50) to the outer wall (27).
Claims15
A double wall structure for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprising an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall comprising a plurality of main tiles, the main tiles are secured to the outer wall by a securing means, wherein the inner wall further comprises a plurality of edge tiles which are secured to the outer wall by securing means, each edge tile overlapping at least one edge of a main tile thereby further securing the main tiles to the outer wall.
A method of assembling a double wall structure of a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the wall structure comprising an outer wall and an inner wall, the method comprising the steps of:
- securing a plurality of main tiles to the outer wall by a securing means;
- securing a plurality of edge tiles to the outer wall by securing means so that each edge tile overlaps at least one edge of a main tile thereby further securing the main tile to the outer wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.