United Technologies Corporation

Jaimie Taraskevich

Edwin Otero

Daniel A Snyder

Brandon W Spangler

Jesse R Boyer

Scott Daniel Virkler

Zhong Ouyang

Kyle C Lana

Jonathan Perry Sandoval

Kevin D Smith

David A Raulerson

Hector M Pinero

Jaimie Schweitzer

Di Wu

Kyle Charles Lana

A damper seal received in a cavity of a turbine blade located between a platform and a retention shelf damper seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a central body portion having a first end region, an opposing second end region, and a width. The damper seal further includes a first portion extending from the first end region of the central body portion, and a first end region of the first portion includes first outwardly extending tabs that define a first enlarged portion that has a first width greater than the width of the central body portion and a second portion extending from the opposing second end region of the central body portion.

Turbine blade damper seal

A method of determining the thickness of an internal wall in a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of utilizing flash thermography to measure a complete thickness of a component between an outer wall and at least one enlarged cooling channel at a location where an outer cooling channel is positioned between the outer wall and the at least one enlarged cooling channel and where at least one member spans the cooling channel, such that the thickness is through the member which spans the outer cooling channel. An outer thickness of the component is measured from the outer wall to an outer wall of the outer cooling channel. A thickness is determined from an inner wall of the outer cooling channel to the at least one enlarged cooling channel by subtracting the measured outer thickness from the complete thickness, and also subtracting a known thickness of the outer cooling channel.

Flash thermography double wall thickness measurement

In various embodiments, an airfoil used as a turbine blade for a turbine wheel in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil may comprise a root, a tip, and a body. The root may have a first area. The tip may have a second area. The body may have a chord bounded by the root and the tip. The body may also define a cooling chamber. The cooling chamber may have a first rib substantially perpendicular to the chord. The cooling chamber may also have a second rib extending partially between the root and the tip.

Airfoil support and cooling scheme

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Tolland, CT, United States of America

Jaimie Taraskevich