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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Xiuzhang James Zhang, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Anthony Louis Giglio, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brian Peter Arness, Greenville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Xiuzhang James Zhang, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Anthony Louis Giglio, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brian Peter Arness, Greenville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine rotor blade for a gas turbine engine is described. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil that includes a tip at an outer radial end. The tip includes a rail that defines a tip cavity; and the rail includes a circumscribing rail microchannel. The circumscribing rail microchannel is a microchannel that extends around at least a majority of the length of the inner rail surface.