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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
John Alan Eastman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew James Findlay, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jon Allen Ebacher, Spartanburg, SC (US);
John Alan Eastman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew James Findlay, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jon Allen Ebacher, Spartanburg, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine blade includes a shank portion and an airfoil portion with leading and trailing edges and a radially outer tip. An internal closed-loop cooling circuit is formed within the airfoil portion and includes at least one radial outflow passage and at least one radial inflow passage connected by at least one respective tip turn at the radially outer end of the airfoil portion. At least one tip turn is provided with a single turbulence-enhancement device on an underside of the radially outer tip, projecting into the tip turn.