Pressure Balanced, Low Hysteresis, Finger Seal Test Results.

Abstract

The finger seal is a revolutionary new technology in air to air sealing for secondary flow control and gas path sealing in gas turbine engines. Though the seal has been developed for gas turbines, it can be easily used in any machinery where a high pressure air cavity has to be sealed from a low pressure air cavity, for both static and rotating applications. This seal has demonstrated air leakage considerably less than a conventional labyrinth seal and costs considerably less than a brush seal. A low hysteresis finger seal design was successfully developed and tested in a seal rig at NASA Glenn Research Center. A total of thirteen configurations were tested to achieve the low hysteresis design. The best design is a pressure balanced finger seal with higher stiffness fingers. The low hysteresis seal design has undergone extensive rig testing to assess its hysteresis, leakage performance and life capabilities. The hysteresis, performance and endurance test results are presented. Based on this extensive testing, it is determined that the finger seal is ready for testing in an engine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA365122

Entities

People

  • Bruce M. Steinetz
  • Gul K. Arora
  • Irebert R. Delgado
  • Margaret P. Proctor

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Air Pressure
  • Air Temperature
  • Astronautics
  • Classification
  • Databases
  • Engines
  • Fabrication
  • Flow
  • Gas Turbines
  • High Pressure
  • High Pressure Compressors
  • Labyrinth Seals
  • Laminates
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Research
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).