General Electric Company

Michael Elia Hayek

Victor Hugo Silva Correia

Jonathan David Baldiga

Tyler Frederick Hooper

Megan Lynn Williams

An airfoil for a turbine engine includes a body defining a pressure side and a suction side, the body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and also extending radially to define an outer edge. A radially-extending plenum can be disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil. A flared portion can be disposed at the outer edge of the body extending from the suction side.

Airfoils for gas turbine engines

A shroud assembly including a shroud support and an annular shroud is provided. The shroud assembly includes one or more pins for securing the annular shroud to the shroud support. The pins having a block capable of translating radially to allowing the shroud to expand and contract in the radial direction. A gas turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section and a shroud assembly is also provided. The shroud assembly includes one or more pins for securing the continuous shroud to the shroud support. The pins having a block capable of translating radially to allowing the shroud to expand and contract in the radial direction. Methods for assembling a shroud assembly structure in a gas turbine engine are also provided.

Annular shroud assembly

An airfoil for a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction and an axial direction, the airfoil including: a flared portion extending from a suction surface of the airfoil at an outer edge of the airfoil along the radial direction; and a plenum disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil, the plenum having a suction-side sidewall and a pressure-side sidewall, wherein the suction-side sidewall has a first sidewall portion adjacent to a second sidewall portion disposed outside of the first sidewall portion along the radial direction, wherein the first sidewall portion defines a first angle, wherein the second sidewall portion defines a second angle, and wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.

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