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US 2026/0235036 A1Published application
Turbine engine with composite airfoils
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
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Abstract
A turbine engine includes a fan and a turbomachine defining an engine centerline. The turbomachine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order. The turbine engine also includes a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils includes a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge, and a leading edge protector coupled to the composite portion.
Claims20
A turbine engine comprising:
- a fan;
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- a turbomachine defining an engine centerline and comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order;
- a composite fan casing surrounding the fan in a circumferential direction about the engine centerline and comprising at least one integral composite flange extending radially outward from a surface of the composite fan casing and at least partially extending in the circumferential direction;
- the fan comprising a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline, an airfoil of the set of composite airfoils comprising:
- a composite body extending chordwise between a body leading edge and a body trailing edge;
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- a leading edge protector having a protector leading edge different from, and receiving at least a portion of, the body leading edge,
- wherein a leading length (LL) extends chordwise from the protector leading edge to an end of the leading edge protector, and a chord length (CL) extends chordwise from the protector leading edge to the body trailing edge;
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- wherein the LL is related to the CL by an airfoil protection factor
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- and the APF is greater than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 0.3 (0.1≤APF≤0.3).
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