Corrugated cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method for configuring same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGilbert Farmer, Ronald D. Redden, Balena B. Shorter, James A. Groeschen, Mehmet M. Dede, Daniel L. Durstock
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Abstract
A cowl for use with a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the cowl includes a main body with an annular corrugation. A combustor of a gas turbine engine, the combustor includes: a hollow body defining a combustion chamber, the hollow body having a liner; an outer cowl having an annular corrugation, the cowl connecting to the liner; and an inner cowl connecting to the liner. A method of configuring a cowl for a gas turbine engine combustor, the method includes forming an annular corrugation in a main body of the cowl.
Claims31
A cowl on a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the cowl comprises annular corrugations formed in an inside surface of said cowl.
A combustor of a gas turbine engine, the combustor comprising:
- a hollow body defining a combustion chamber, said hollow body having a liner;
- an outer cowl having annular corrugation formed in an outer surface and an inner surface of said outer cowl, said outer cowl connecting to said liner;
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- an inner cowl connecting to said liner.
A method of configuring a cowl for a gas turbine engine combustor, the method comprising forming annular corrugations in an inside surface and an outside surface of a main body of the cowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.