Strain tolerant combustor panel for gas turbine engine

A combustor of a gas turbine engine comprising:

• a support shell;
• and
• a substrate mounted to said support shell such that there is a space between said substrate and said support shell, said substrate made from a material defining cold side surface, a hot side surface, and a central core section between said cold side surface and said hot side surface, said cold side surface and said hot side surface have a porosity different than said central core section, and said cold side surface is a free surface bounding said space, wherein
• said cold side surface and said hot side surface have a porosity level of approximately 30%,
• said central core section has a porosity level of approximately 0%,
• said cold side surface and hot side surface porosity and said central core section porosity reduce structural stiffness such that surfaces of said hot side and said cold side better absorb thermal strain,
• said cold side surface porosity is defined at said cold side surface,
• said hot side surface porosity is defined at said hot side surface,
• said support shell includes a plurality of impingement cooling holes,
• said central core section defines a flow barrier between said cold side surface and said hot side surface to prevent the pores of said cold side surface from flowing coolant, and
• said substrate is mounted to said support shell at a plurality of support points, wherein said substrate is spaced from said support shell at said plurality of support points.