Airfoil and platform assembly for supersonic flow
View Patent ↗An assembly including an airfoil and a platform on which the airfoil may be mounted, the surface of the platform presenting a circumferential depression between a leading edge and trailing edge of the airfoil, a deepest section of the depression being situated in an upstream half of the airfoil. A skeleton curve designates a curve of variations of a skeleton angle of the airfoil as a function of position along the axis of the wheel, and a linearized skeleton curve designates a curve of variations of an angle as a function of position along the axis of the wheel, the curve being a straight line connecting together points representing the skeleton angle respectively at 10% and at 90% of the axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge. In a vicinity of the platform, the skeleton curve presents a raised portion that lies above the linearized skeleton curve.
1. An assembly comprising:
an airfoil for a turbine engine bladed wheel and a platform on which the airfoil is configured to be mounted:
a plurality of the airfoils configured to be fastened to the platform or to a plurality of the platforms assembled together so as to form a bladed wheel including a wheel axis and defining upstream and downstream directions along the wheel axis, the airfoils being arranged radially in the wheel;
in the wheel, the platform or the assembled-together platforms present a platform surface between the airfoils and that radially defines an inside of gas-passing passages formed between the airfoils; and
the platform surface presenting a circumferential depression extending axially substantially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of an airfoil, a deepest section of the depression being situated axially in an upstream half of the airfoil;
wherein:
a skeleton curve is a curve representing variations of a skeleton angle of the airfoil in a section plane substantially parallel to the platform surface, as a function of position along the wheel axis;
a linearized skeleton curve is a curve representing variations of an angle as a function of position along the wheel axis, which linearized skeleton curve is a straight line connecting together points representing the skeleton angle respectively at 10% and at 90% of the axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge,
in a vicinity of the platform, the skeleton curve presents a raised portion lying above the linearized skeleton curve, and
a plane in which an offset between the skeleton curve and the linearized skeleton curve is at a maximum is situated axially between a position at 0.5×N % of the deepest section and 1.5×N %, the value N being a percentage expressed relative to axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge.
2. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a plane in which an offset between the skeleton curve and the linearized skeleton curve is at a maximum substantially coincides with the plane of the deepest section.
3. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the deepest section is situated axially in a range of 15% to 40% of the axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge.
4. A blade for a turbine engine, comprising:
an assembly according to claim 1 , the blade comprising a platform formed integrally with at least one airfoil.
5. A turbine engine bladed wheel comprising blades according to claim 4 .
6. A turbine engine bladed wheel comprising at least one assembly according to claim 1 .
7. A turbine engine comprising at least one bladed wheel according to claim 5 .
8. A turbine engine comprising at least one bladed wheel according to claim 6 .
9. An assembly comprising:
an airfoil for a turbine engine bladed wheel and a platform on which the airfoil is configured to be mounted:
a plurality of the airfoils configured to be fastened to the platform or to a plurality of the platforms assembled together so as to form a bladed wheel including a wheel axis and defining upstream and downstream directions along the wheel axis, the airfoils being arranged radially in the wheel;
in the wheel, the platform or the assembled-together platforms present a platform surface between the airfoils and that radially defines an inside of gas-passing passages formed between the airfoils; and
the platform surface presenting a circumferential depression extending axially substantially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of an airfoil, a deepest section of the depression being situated axially in an upstream half of the airfoil;
wherein:
a skeleton curve is a curve representing variations of a skeleton angle of the airfoil in a section plane substantially parallel to the platform surface, as a function of position along the wheel axis;
a linearized skeleton curve is a curve representing variations of an angle as a function of position along the wheel axis, which linearized skeleton curve is a straight line connecting together points representing the skeleton angle respectively at 10% and at 90% of the axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge,
in a vicinity of the platform, the skeleton curve presents a raised portion lying above the linearized skeleton curve, and a lowered portion lying under the linearized skeleton curve and situated axially downstream from the raised portion.
10. An assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the skeleton curve and the linearized skeleton curve intersect at a point situated in a range of 50% to 75% of the axial extent of the airfoil from the leading edge.