IP Library Granted Patent US 8,038,410
Granted Patent B2
US 8,038,410 · App. 12/035,136 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Optimized aerodynamic airfoil for a turbine blade

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Patent No.
US 8,038,410
App. No.
12/035,136
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

When cold and in the uncoated state, the aerodynamic airfoil is substantially identical to a nominal airfoil determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z′ given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z′ is the ratio D/H where D is the distance from the point in question to a reference plane P 0 , located at the base of the nominal airfoil, and H is the height of this airfoil, measured from said reference plane up to the tip of the blade. The D and H measurements being taken radially with respect to the axis of the turbine whereas the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.

Claims (7)

1. An aerodynamic airfoil for a turbine blade, which, when cold and in the uncoated state, is substantially identical to a nominal airfoil determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z′ given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z′ is the ratio D/H where D is the distance from the point in question to a reference plane P 0 , located at the base of the nominal airfoil, and H is the height of this airfoil, measured from said reference plane up to the tip of the blade, the D and H measurements being taken radially with respect to the axis of the turbine whereas the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.

2. The aerodynamic airfoil as claimed in claim 1 , which is defined within an envelope of ±1 mm in a direction normal to the surface of the nominal airfoil.

3. The aerodynamic airfoil as claimed in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the X, Y coordinates of said airfoil lie within the ±5% range with respect to the X, Y coordinates of the nominal airfoil.

4. A turbine blade, which has an aerodynamic airfoil as claimed in claim 1 .

5. A turbine, which includes turbine blades having aerodynamic airfoils as claimed in claim 1 .

6. The turbine as claimed in claim 5 , which includes a ring of fixed guide blades having between 32 and 40 blades, each having an aerodynamic airfoil as claimed in claim 1 .

7. A turbomachine equipped with a turbine that includes blades having aerodynamic airfoils as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2008
From: LAFARGE, GREGORY PIERRE; PICOT, PHILIPPE; TEXIER, CHRISTOPHE BERNARD
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 020544/0109 →