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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael Scott McCambridge, Loveland, OH (US);
Logan Daniel Fritz, West Chester, OH (US);
David Marion Ostdiek, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Timothy M. Kasberg, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Jason Holden, Wyoming, OH (US);
Syed J. Khalid, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing a clearance gap between a plurality of rotor blades and a shroud assembly of an engine includes determining, with a flight control system, that an airplane is in a first flight condition. The method also includes adjusting the clearance gap to a first clearance gap distance associated with the first flight condition. Further, the method includes receiving, with the flight control system, a demand for a second flight condition. During the second flight condition, the method includes adjusting at least two independently controllable parameters, the at least two independently controllable parameters comprising, at least, a first parameter for optimizing the clearance gap and a second parameter for satisfying a thrust demand of the engine, the first parameter having a first impact on the clearance gap, the second parameter having a second impact on the clearance gap, the first impact being greater than the second impact.