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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Scott Matthew Sparks, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Scott Matthew Sparks, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/145 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F05D 2240/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine engine is provided and includes an aerodynamic element disposed to aerodynamically interact with a flow of working fluid and contour features disposed on the aerodynamic element in alignment in at least one dimension. The contour features are proximate to one another and configured to encourage counter-rotating vortex flow generation oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to a main flow direction along the aerodynamic element.