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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Pranav Dhoj Shah, Albany, NY (US);
Scott Roger Finn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Ian Francis Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dong-jin Shim, Cohoes, NY (US);
BO Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Pranav Dhoj Shah, Albany, NY (US);
Scott Roger Finn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Ian Francis Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dong-Jin Shim, Cohoes, NY (US);
Bo Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An airfoil, a fan assembly and an engine include at least one airfoil including a root portion, a body portion and a tip portion. The body portion is configured extending radially outward from the root portion and the tip portion is configured extending radially outward from the root portion and the body portion. The airfoil including a suction and a pressure side coupled together at a leading and a trailing edge and extending therebetween. The airfoil including a compliant tip at the tip portion. The compliant tip extending along at least a portion of the tip portion in a chord-wise direction and a span-wise direction. The compliant tip is configured to provide wave propagation along the tip portion such that critical strain proximate the tip portion and the trailing edge is reduced during a foreign object impact.