Dual walled seal assembly
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMark F. Zelesky, Timothy M. Davis
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Abstract
A seal assembly that may be for turbine engine includes a first wall defining in-part a first flowpath and a second wall defining in-part a second flowpath having a pressure that is greater than the first flowpath. The second wall has a plurality of metering apertures in fluid communication between the second flowpath and a cavity defined by and between the first and second walls. The walls may be convoluted and generally, resiliently compressed between two substantially opposing surfaces for providing a seal between the two flowpaths.
Claims3
A turbine engine seal assembly for a turbine section of an engine having a central longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a shroud ring concentric to the axis;
- a blade outer air seal ring concentric to the axis and spaced axially aft of the shroud ring with respect to the axis;
- a circumferentially extending outer wall including a plurality of metering apertures spaced circumferentially from one-another, and the outer wall being in resilient sealing relationship between the shroud ring and the blade outer air seal ring;
- a circumferentially extending inner wall spaced at least in part radially inward from the outer wall and resiliently compressed between the shroud ring and the blade outer air seal ring;
- wherein a circumferentially extending cavity is defined between the outer and inner walls that is in fluid communication with the plurality of apertures,
- wherein the outer and inner walls are generally W-shaped in cross section and each have a mid-bend located axially between upstream and downstream bend portions of each outer and inner wall, and
- wherein a mid portion of the inner wall is in contact with a mid portion of the outer wall, and the cavity is an upstream cavity defined between the upstream bend portions, and a downstream cavity is defined between the downstream bend portions, and the plurality of apertures are in the upstream and downstream bend portions of the outer wall.
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