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US 8,784,051 B2Granted
Strut for a gas turbine engine
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsRemo Marini, Edward Vlasic, Jonathon Peter Findlay
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Abstract
The strut is for use in a gas turbine engine has body, typically having an airfoil shape, having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge has at least one gas inlet in direct fluid communication with at least one outlet located in the trailing edge through which gas may be redirected from the leading edge to the trailing edge through the strut for injection back into a wake region downstream of the strut.
Claims13
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an annular gas path defined through the engine;
- at least one strut extending generally radially relative to the engine from an inner gas path wall to an outer gas path wall and composed by a peripheral wall enveloping an empty inner space, the strut thereby spanning the gas path, the strut having a leading edge located upstream relative to the annular gas path with a plurality of inlet apertures being radially spaced apart from one another, a trailing edge located downstream relative to the annular gas path with a plurality of outlet apertures being radially spaced apart from one another, the trailing edge being located at a wake effect zone;
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- at least one strut gas path defined by at least an internal passageway in the empty inner space of the strut, the passageway extending through the empty inner space of the strut between the leading edge and trailing edge apertures, wherein the strut gas path extends in a substantially unobstructed line between the inlet and outlet apertures and through the empty inner space to converge with the annular gas path in the wake effect zone.
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A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an annular gas path defined through the engine;
- at least one strut extending generally radially relative to the engine from an inner gas path wall to an outer gas path wall, the strut thereby spanning the gas path, the strut having a leading edge located upstream relative to the annular gas path with a plurality of radially spaced-apart inlet apertures and a trailing edge located downstream relative to the annular gas path at a wake effect zone with a plurality of radially spaced-apart outlet apertures, the strut composed of a peripheral wall enveloping a substantially unobstructed and empty space therein;
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- at least one strut gas path defined by an open internal passageway in the substantially unobstructed space, the strut gas path extending through the strut fluidly connecting the leading edge and trailing edge apertures to converge with the annular gas path in the wake effect zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.