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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Xiuzhang James Zhang, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nicholas Alvin Hogberg, Greenville, SC (US);
Kenneth Earl Williams, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectday, NY (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present disclosure, an airfoil for a rotor blade of a gas turbine includes a normalized pressure side wall portion thickness, a normalized suction side wall portion thickness, a normalized leading edge wall thickness, and a normalized trailing edge wall thickness. The values of theses thicknesses define the pressure side wall portion thickness, the suction side wall portion thickness, the leading edge wall thickness, and the trailing edge wall thickness, which improve heat transfer, flow distribution, and mechanical load transfer.