Rolls-royce Corporation

Sivaram Surya Sanyasi Adavikolanu

Gayathri Puram

A system, method, and apparatus for tuning an operating frequency of turbines blades may be provided. Multiple blades having tip shrouds may be provided. The blades may extend radially outward from an axis of rotation of the blades. A tip shroud of each blade may be located at a radial end of the blades. The tip shrouds may have side faces that interlock with faces of adjacent tip shrouds. In addition, some tip shrouds may have one or more gaps between some side faces of consecutive tip shrouds.

Frequency tuning option for turbine blades

A turbine blade assembly may be provided for use in a gas turbine engine. The turbine blade assembly may include an airfoil and a tip shroud. The airfoil may extend radially outward from an axis of rotation of the airfoil. The tip shroud may be located at a radial end of the airfoil. The tip shroud may include a seal rail that extends in a direction of rotation of the airfoil. A notch, including a Z-notch or a V-notch, may be situated on a first side of the seal rail at an end of the seal rail. A variable fillet may be situated on a second side of the seal rail that is opposite of the first side on which the notch is situated. The variable fillet is a fillet having a curvature that varies along a length of the second side.

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Bengaluru, India

Sivaram Surya Sanyasi Adavikolanu