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US 2023/0160307 A1Published application
Morphable rotor blades and turbine engine systems including the same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLi Zheng, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Scott Roger Finn
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Abstract
Morphable rotor blades for a turbine engine systems include a root portion and an airfoil portion having a morphable portion including a morphable material that changes shape in response to a stimulus.
Claims20
A morphable rotor blade for a turbine engine system comprising:
- a root portion;
- and
- an airfoil portion comprising a morphable portion comprising a morphable material that changes shape in response to a stimulus.
A turbine engine system, comprising:
- a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section,
- a shaft extending axially through the compressor section, the combustion section, and the turbine section, and
- a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades, at least one of the plurality of rotor blades comprising:
- a root portion;
- and
- an airfoil portion comprising a morphable portion comprising a morphable material that changes shape in response to a stimulus.
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