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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEdward Lee Howard, Gilbert Farmer, James Hollice Poynter, Ronald Lee Sheranko, Gregory Thomas Lucas
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A method for fabricating a three-dimensional turbine engine combustor liner model includes coupling at least a first member to a second member to form an assembly that has an inner surface. The assembly inner surface simulates an inner surface of the aircraft engine combustor liner. The first member is at least one of a pre-formed conical member and a pre-formed cylindrical member, and the second portion is at least one of a pre-formed conical member and a pre-formed cylindrical member. The method also includes coupling the assembly to a baseplate, and coupling a plurality of templates to the assembly.
A method for fabricating a three-dimensional turbine engine combustor liner model, said method comprising the steps of:
A combustor liner model for producing test data representative of a gas turbine engine combustor, said model comprising a plurality of members coupled together, said members comprising at least a first panel member and a second panel member, said first panel member fabricated from at least one of a pre-formed metallic cylinder section and a pre-formed metallic conical section, and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, said second panel member fabricated from at least one of a pre-formed metallic conical section and a pre-formed metallic cylindrical portion, and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, said first panel member coupled to said second panel member such that said first panel member and second panel member inner surfaces simulate an inner surface of the modeled gas turbine engine combustor, said model further comprising a plurality of templates coupled to at least one of said first and second panel member surfaces, said templates configured to contour at least one of said first and second panel member inner surfaces.
A method for modeling a gas turbine engine combustor liner, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.