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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
David John Humanchuk, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Craig Allen Bielek, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Robert Alan Brittingham, Piedmont, SC (US);
James Tyson Balkcum, Taylors, SC (US);
Andrew Jones, Jr., Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The second stage buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z value is non-dimensional along the bucket centerline coincident with a turbine radius and convertible to a Z distance in inches from the turbine axis by multiplying the Z value by the height of the airfoil and adding the root radius to the result. The X and Y distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelop of ±0.160 inches.