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US 9,790,801 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine component having suction side cutback opening
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorBrandon W. Spangler
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Abstract
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall spaced apart from the pressure side wall and each extending between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. A plurality of cutback openings are spaced along a radial axis of the suction side wall.
Claims8
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a pressure side wall and a suction side wall spaced apart from said pressure side wall and each extending between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion;
- a plurality of cutback openings formed in said suction side wall and that are spaced along a radial axis of said suction side wall such that a distal most portion of said suction side wall is offset from a distal most portion of said pressure side wall at each of said plurality of cutback openings;
- said pressure side wall excluding any cutback openings at said trailing edge portion;
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- wherein a gas path decelerating region of said suction side wall does not include film cooling holes.
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