Turbine Blade with Secondary Air Nozzles Cast Integral with the Turbine Blades.

Abstract

The patent application relates to a fanjet engine having the secondary air flow, for interstage seal cooling and inside vane platform cooling, supplied through a passage way into the rotor blade root attachments. The secondary air flow is directed through exit nozzles which are cast in the blade root attachments. The air leaving the nozzles flows in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the rotor assembly to supply additional power to the rotor assembly.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 17, 1975
Accession Number
ADD002084

Entities

People

  • Perry P. Sifford

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Assembly
  • Attachment
  • Flow
  • Integrals
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Platforms
  • Rotation
  • Turbine Blades
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.