IP Library Granted Patent US 9,377,029
Granted Patent B2
US 9,377,029 · App. 13/530,314 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Blade of a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 9,377,029
App. No.
13/530,314
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade of a turbomachine or a flying machine includes a blade airfoil extending in a radial direction from a blade root to a blade tip. The blade airfoil has an inflow-side leading edge, an outflow-side trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. A surface of each of the pressure side and the suction side extends between the inflow-side leading edge and the outflow-side trailing edge. The blade tip has an end face with a camber line that extends from the inflow-side leading edge to the outflow-side trailing edge. At least one tip-side recess forms a depression from the end face into the blade airfoil, the depression extending continuously from the pressure side to the suction side and having a partial length of the camber line.

Claims (20)

1. A blade of a turbomachine comprising:

a blade airfoil extending in a radial direction from a blade root to a blade tip and having an inflow-side leading edge, an outflow-side trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side, a surface of each of the pressure side and the suction side extending between the inflow-side leading edge and the outflow-side trailing edge, the blade tip having an end face with a camber line that extends from the inflow-side leading edge to the outflow-side trailing edge, wherein at least one tip-side recess forms a depression from the end face into the blade airfoil, the depression extending continuously from the pressure side to the suction side and having a partial length of the camber line;

wherein the at least one tip-side recess has a depth T which corresponds to a distance from the end face to a base surface of the at least one tip-side recess, the depth being between 30% and 70% of a distance S from the end face to an inner wall of the turbomachine;

wherein the at least one tip-side recess is disposed at a distance A from the leading edge that is between 0.5% and 1.5% of a total length of the camber line; and

wherein the length of the at least one tip-side recess is between 30% and 55% of the total length of the camber line.

2. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tip-side recess forms an enlargement of a gap between an inner wall of the turbomachine and the end face of the blade airfoil.

3. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the at least one tip-side recess is between 49% and 52% of the total length of the camber line.

4. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tip-side recess forms a cutout through the blade from a sidewall of the pressure side to a sidewall of the suction side.

5. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tip-side recess is disposed in an offset manner from the inflow-side leading edge in a direction toward the outflow-side trailing edge so that, in a region of the inflow-side leading edge, a contour of the blade remains basically unaltered.

6. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the front wall and the rear wall extend basically perpendicularly or in an inclined manner with respect to the end face.

7. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the front wall and the rear wall include a flat or concave or convex surface.

8. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the front wall and the rear wall extend basically perpendicularly to a direction of the camber line in a region of a point of intersection between the camber line and the at least one of the front wall and the rear wall.

9. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the front wall and the rear wall extends perpendicularly with respect to the end face.

10. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein the front wall and the rear wall extend perpendicularly with respect to the end face.

11. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the front wall and the rear wall extends in an inclined manner with respect to the end face.

12. The blade according to claim 5 , wherein the front wall and the rear wall extend in an inclined manner with respect to the end face.

13. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tip-side recess is delimited by a front wall, a base surface and a rear wall.

14. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein a base surface of the at least one tip-side recess extends parallel to the end face.

15. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein a base surface of the at least one tip-side recess is inclined to the end face such that a distance between the end face and the base surface decreases with an increasing distance from the inflow-side leading edge.

16. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the depth T is 50% of the distance S from the end face to the inner wall of the turbomachine.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 041686/0884 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2012
From: HOFMANN, WILLY HEINZ; BALLMANN, JOSEF
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 028818/0156 →