Fillet for use with a turbine rotor blade tip shroud
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRohit Chouhan, Harish Bommanakatte, Sumeet Soni, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff
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Abstract
A turbine rotor blade is provided. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of the airfoil tip and the tip shroud. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about the intersection.
Claims20
A turbine rotor blade comprising:
- an airfoil having an airfoil tip;
- a tip shroud;
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- a fillet about an intersection of said airfoil tip and said tip shroud, said fillet defining a fillet profile variable about said intersection to facilitate improved aerodynamic airflow about said intersection.
A gas turbine engine including a turbine rotor blade including an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of said airfoil tip and said tip shroud, said fillet defining a fillet profile variable about said intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about said intersection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.