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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2003
Steven W. Burd, Cheshire, CT (US);
Albert K. Cheung, East Hampton, CT (US);
John T. Ols, Coventry, CT (US);
Reid D. Smith, Amston, CT (US);
Irving Segalman, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Steven W. Burd, Cheshire, CT (US);
Albert K. Cheung, East Hampton, CT (US);
John T. Ols, Coventry, CT (US);
Reid D. Smith, Amston, CT (US);
Irving Segalman, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine combustor has inboard and outboard walls. A forward bulkhead extends between the walls and cooperates therewith to define a combustor interior volume. In longitudinal section, a first portion of the combustor interior volume converges from fore to aft and a second portion, aft of the first portion converges from fore to aft more gradually than the first portion.