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US 2024/0376827 A1Published application
Turbine engine having a composite assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorLawrence Robert Blasch
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Abstract
A turbine engine including a fan section, a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. The turbine engine further having a composite assembly provided within at least one of the fan section, the compressor section, the combustion section or the turbine section. The composite assembly including a set of stacked composite plies, with each ply of the set of stacked composite plies being made from a plurality of fibers.
Claims21
A turbine engine comprising:
- a fan section, a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement;
- and
- a composite assembly provided within at least one of the fan section, the compressor section, the combustion section or the turbine section, the composite assembly having a set of stacked composite plies, each composite ply of the set of stacked composite plies having a thickness measured between opposing sides of each composite ply, the opposing sides being defined as portions of each composite ply that confront adjacent composite plies of the set of stacked composite plies, with at least one composite ply of the set of stacked composite plies comprising a plurality of fibers having:
- a first subset of fibers being non-permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation;
- and
- a second subset of fibers being permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation, the second subset of fibers being interspersed with the first subset of fibers when viewed along a plane extending along the at least one composite ply and being equidistant between the opposing sides of the at least one composite ply.
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A composite assembly comprising:
- a set of stacked composite plies, with each composite ply of the set of stacked composite plies having a thickness measured between opposing sides of each composite ply, the opposing sides being defined as portions of each composite ply that confront adjacent composite plies of the set of stacked composite plies, with at least one composite ply of the set of stacked composite plies being made from a plurality of fibers having:
- a first subset of fibers being non-permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation;
- and
- a second subset of fibers being permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation, having a thickness measured between opposing sides of each composite ply, the opposing sides being defined as portions of each composite ply that confront adjacent composite plies of the set of stacked composite plies, with at least me composite ply.
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A method of forming a composite assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a set of stacked plies, with each ply of the set of stacked plies having a thickness measured between opposing sides of each ply, the opposing sides being defined as portions of each ply that confront adjacent composite plies of the set of stacked plies, with at least one ply of the set of stacked plies having a plurality of fibers being formed by:
- providing a first subset of fibers being non-permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation;
- and
- providing a second subset of fibers being permanently visible through non-destructive evaluation, the second subset of fibers being interspersed with the first subset of fibers when viewed along a plane extending along the at least one ply and being equidistant between the opposing sides of the at least one ply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.