General Electric Company

Mra Systems, Inc.

Robert William Davidoff

Wendy Wenling Lin

Trevor Howard Wood

Kishore Ramakrishnan

Nikolai N Pastouchenko

Graham Frank Howarth

Timothy Richard DePuy

Shanmugam Murugappan

Gregory Lee Hovis

William Farris Ranson

Andrew Michael Roach

David Herman

Zachary John Snider

David Patrick Calder

Richard David Cedar

Travis J Packer

Jason Lee Burnside

Egbert Geertsema

Michael Moses Martinez

Blake Ashton Nickles

Rudramuni Kariveerappa Majjigi

Elisabeth Kraus Black

An acoustic core may include an array of resonant cells configured as a plurality of resonant cell groups. The resonant cell groups may include a plurality of resonant cells configured as a partitioned resonant cell that include a converging resonant cell and a diverging resonant cell. The converging resonant cell and the diverging resonant cell may be defined by a plurality of cell walls integrally formed with one another and a partition integrally formed with the plurality of cell walls. The partition may at least partially delimit the converging resonant cell from the diverging resonant cell. The converging resonant cell may define an upper resonant space delimited by the partition and a top face of the array of resonant cells. The diverging resonant cell may define a lower resonant space delimited by the partition and a bottom face of the array of resonant cells.

Tools and methods for forming acoustic cores

Acoustic cores and tools and methods for forming the same

An acoustic core has a plurality of cell walls formed of an additive-manufacturing material and a resonant space defined by the plurality of cell walls. At least some of the resonant cells have sound-attenuating protuberances formed of an excess amount of the additive-manufacturing material having been intentionally introduced to the cell walls and protruding into the resonant space with a semi-random orientation and/or size.

Acoustic cores with sound-attenuating protuberances

An acoustic core includes an array of resonant cells. The array may include a plurality of coupled resonant cells respectively defining an antecedent resonant space and a subsequent resonant space, with at least one cell wall having one or more wall-apertures defining a pathway between the antecedent resonant space and the subsequent resonant space. The array may include a plurality of high-frequency resonant cells respectively defining a high-frequency resonant space and being matched with respective ones of the plurality of coupled resonant cells. A cross-sectional dimension of the one or more wall-apertures defining the pathway between the antecedent resonant space and the subsequent resonant space may be less than a cross-sectional dimension of the antecedent resonant space and/or a cross-sectional dimension of the subsequent resonant space. The array may include a plurality of partitioned resonant cells that have a partition integrally formed with at least one of a corresponding one or more cell walls and transecting the corresponding resonant space with at least one surface of the partition having an interface angle that is oblique or perpendicular relative to a plane parallel to a top face and/or a bottom face of the array of resonant cells.

Acoustic liners with low-frequency sound wave attenuating features

An acoustic liner may include an acoustic core having an array of resonant cells, and an acoustic screen disposed across the array of resonant cells. The resonant cells include a plurality of cell walls and a resonant space defined by the plurality of cell walls. The acoustic core may include a folded acoustic core. Additionally, or in the alternative, at least some of the resonant cells may include an oblique polyhedral cellular structure and/or a multitude of sound-attenuating protuberances. The acoustic screen may include a reticulate membrane and a support lattice.

Acoustic liners with enhanced acoustic absorption and reduced drag characteristics

An acoustic core has a plurality of cell walls formed of an additive-manufacturing material and a resonant space defined by the plurality of cell walls. At least some of the resonant cells have a multitude of sound-attenuating protuberances formed of the additive-manufacturing material of the cell walls protruding into the resonant space with a random or semi-random orientation and/or size. The sound-attenuating protuberances may be formed by orienting an additive-manufacturing tool with respect to a toolpath to form a contour of a workpart, in which the toolpath includes a plurality of overlapping toolpath passes configured so as to intentionally introduce an amount of additive-manufacturing material to the workpart that exceeds a domain occupied by the contour. As the amount of additive-manufacturing material intentionally introduced exceeds the domain occupied by the contour, a portion of the additive-manufacturing material may incidentally form the plurality of sound-attenuating protuberances.

A hollowed body component made by additive manufacturing is disclosed. The hollow body has a longitudinal extent, an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface having a first side and an opposing, second side. A first set of curved supports are curved along lengths thereof and extend between the first side and the opposing, second side to support the hollow body at least during the additive manufacturing thereof. Some embodiments include cooling passages open to the interior surface. Here, the curved supports extend between opposing pairs of passage-free spaces on the interior surface to support the hollow body at least during the additive manufacturing thereof. In one example, the component is an impingement insert for a hot gas path component.

Additively manufactured hollow body component with interior curved supports

Methods for monitoring components are provided. A component has an exterior surface. A method includes locating a centroid of a reference feature configured on the component, and measuring a first value of a characteristic of the reference feature relative to the centroid at a first time. The method further includes measuring a second value of the characteristic relative to the centroid at a second time after the first time, and comparing the first value and the second value.

Methods for monitoring components

Assemblies and methods for monitoring turbine component deformation are provided. An assembly includes a first strain sensor configurable on the turbine component, the first strain sensor including at least two reference points and having a first dimension. The assembly further includes a second strain sensor configurable on the turbine component, the second strain sensor including at least two reference points and having a first dimension which corresponds to the first dimension of the first strain sensor. An initial value of the first dimension of the second strain sensor is different from an initial value of the first dimension of the first strain sensor. In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for monitoring turbine component deformation is provided.

Assemblies and methods for monitoring turbine component strain

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