Airfoil with arced baffle
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
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InventorTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
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An airfoil includes an airfoil section that has an airfoil wall that defines a convex leading end, a trailing end, and first and second sides that join the convex leading end and the trailing end. The first and second sides span in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends. The airfoil wall circumscribes an internal core cavity. An arced rib is disposed in the internal core cavity and arcs toward the convex leading end. The arced rib and the convex leading define there between an arced cavity. An arced baffle is disposed in the arced cavity. A method of assembling the airfoil includes inserting the arced baffle into the arced cavity or, if the arced baffle is already in the arced cavity, removing the arced baffle from the arced cavity, the inserting and removing each including moving the arced baffle along an arced path.
A method for assembling an airfoil that includes an airfoil section that has an airfoil wall that defines a convex leading end, a trailing end, and first and second sides that join the convex leading end and the trailing end, the first and second sides span in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends, the airfoil wall circumscribes an internal core cavity, an arced rib in the internal core cavity and arcs toward the convex leading end, and the arced rib and the convex leading end define there between an arced cavity, the method comprising:
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