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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Morton, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Constantinos Minas, Slingerlands, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided having: a turbomachine; a fan section having a fan rotatable by the turbomachine; a nacelle enclosing the fan; and an engine controller positioned within the nacelle. The nacelle defines an inner surface radius (r) along the radial direction inward of the engine controller, wherein the engine controller defines a radial height (Δr) along the radial direction, a total volume (V), and a normalized radius (r'). The normalized radius (r′) is a ratio of the inner surface radius (r) to the total volume (V) to cube root, and wherein these parameters are related by the following equation:0.1(′)(′),wherein the normalized radius (r′) is between 1.25 and 8 and K is equal to 40%, or the normalized radius (r′) is between 2.75 and 4.5 and K is equal to 65%.