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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2022
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Simon W. Evans, Farmington, CT (US);
Yuan Dong, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Sean Nolan, Wethersfield, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A compressor section for a gas turbine engine includes a blade including a platform, a tip and an airfoil extending between the platform and tip. The airfoil includes a root portion adjacent to the platform, a midspan portion and a tip portion. Each of the root portion, midspan portion and tip portion define a meridional velocity at stage exit with the tip portion including a first meridional velocity greater than a second meridional velocity of the midspan portion. A blade for an axial compressor of a gas turbine engine and a method of operating a compressor section of a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.