Turboshaft engine comprising two subassemblies assembled under axial stress
View Patent ↗Turboshaft engine including two subassemblies defining between them an annular chamber housing a seal. The two subassemblies are assembled under axial stress thereby defining an annular chamber housing the seal and an interposed part is inserted between the butting surfaces of the two parts of the annular chamber.
1. A turboshaft engine comprising:
a first subassembly forming an outer casing and having a first internal member and a second internal member;
a second subassembly comprising a ring fixed by a set of bolts to the first internal member of said first assembly, said second subassembly further comprising a second ring in thrust relationship with the second internal member of said first subassembly, wherein an axial stress is caused between said second subassembly and said second internal member of the first subassembly when tightening said bolts, wherein cooperating portions of said second subassembly and of said second internal member define an annular chamber;
a seal inserted in said annular chamber, and
an annular part inserted between a first butting surface of said first subassembly and a second butting surface of said second subassembly, wherein the first butting surface of said first subassembly axially abuts against a first portion of said annular part and a second butting surface of said second subassembly axially abuts against a second portion of said annular part, said first portion being axially opposite to said second portion such that said annular part transfers said axial stress between said first and second subassemblies via said first and second butting surfaces, said butting surfaces being located radially internally with respect to said seal, and wherein a contact area of said first butting surface in contact with said first portion is larger than a contact area of said second butting surface in contact with said second portion so as to increase an axial contact between the second subassembly and the second internal member of the first subassembly thereby preventing an opening of said annular chamber and a destruction of said seal.
2. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said axial stress between said second subassembly and said second internal member is between 1.5 and 3 mm.
3. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the second subassembly or the second internal member comprises a cylindrical portion and wherein said annular part comprises a cylindrical surface fitting onto said cylindrical portion and a radial portion bearing against a flat surface of the other of said second subassembly or said second internal member.
4. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the radial portion of said annular part is L-shaped.
5. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said annular part is extended by a section forming a deflector.
6. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second subassemblies constitute a casing and a stator component respectively.
7. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said seal extends axially in said annular chamber between said second subassembly and said second internal member of said first subassembly.
8. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said second subassembly supports a plurality of fixed stator blades, said second ring extends radially between said stator blades and said second internal member of said first subassembly.
9. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said annular part has a cylindrical portion extending around said stator blades.
10. The turboshaft engine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said axial stress is about 2.25 mm.