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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

May. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;

Inventor:

Joseph B Cooper, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/003 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); F05D 2260/83 (2013.01); F05D 2270/802 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of calibrating an engine core of a gas turbine engine, wherein the engine core includes a turbine, combustion equipment, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, the core shaft arranged to drive a propulsive fan of the gas turbine engine, the method including: providing a resistance load on the core shaft, the resistance load arranged to replicate the load of a propulsive fan; driving the engine core; measuring a performance parameter or the engine core; measuring a thrust generated by the engine core; and determining power rating data of the engine core, providing a correlation between the performance parameter and the thrust.


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