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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
David Bruce Patterson, Mason, OH (US);
Art Johnson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Howard Starkweather, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Kirtley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Grzegorz Mlynski, Lomianki, PL;
David Bruce Patterson, Mason, OH (US);
Art Johnson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Howard Starkweather, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Kirtley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Grzegorz Mlynski, Lomianki, PL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a combustor liner for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing an annular shell including a plurality of circumferentially extending panels, wherein the plurality of circumferentially extending panels includes a first panel positioned at an upstream end of the shell and a second panel positioned downstream from, and adjacent to, the first panel. The method also includes forming a plurality of primary dilution holes in the first panel and forming a plurality of secondary dilution holes in the second panel, wherein the primary and secondary dilution holes are configured to discharge dilution air into the shell.