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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
John Michael Koshoffer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Michael Koshoffer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for fabricating an augmentor includes fabricating an outer casing having at least one channel defined therein, fabricating a centerbody having at least one channel defined therein, fabricating a plurality of turbine frame vanes, wherein each turbine frame vane includes a first sidewall having a first channel defined therein, a second sidewall having a second channel defined therein, and at least one cross-fire tube extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and coupling the plurality of turbine frame vanes to the augmentor outer casing and to the centerbody such that the first sidewall first channel formed on a first turbine frame vane, the second sidewall second channel formed on a second turbine frame vane, the augmentor channel, and the centerbody channel define a substantially contiguous trapped vortex chamber.