Gas turbine engine airfoil
An airfoil of a turbine engine includes pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a leading edge angle and span position that defines a curve with at least one of a decreasingly negative slope or a positive slope from 80% span to 100% span.
1. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section, wherein the compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor, the high pressure compressor arranged upstream of the combustor section;
a fan section having an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades, wherein the fan section has a fan pressure ratio of less than 1.55, wherein the low pressure compressor is counter-rotating relative to the fan blades, wherein the low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section;
a geared architecture coupling the fan section to the turbine section or the compressor section; and
an airfoil provided in a compressor outside the high pressure compressor section, wherein the airfoil is rotatable relative to an engine static structure, the airfoil including pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position, wherein the airfoil has a relationship between a leading edge angle and span position that defines a curve with at least one of a decreasingly negative slope or a positive slope from 80% span to 100% span wherein the leading edge angle is defined by a tangential plane normal to an engine axis and a line tangent to a camber mean line at the leading edge.
2. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the gas turbine engine is a two-spool configuration.
3. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the curve has a negative slope from 0% span to 20% span.
4. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the curve has less than a 40° leading edge angle from 20% span to 50% span.
5. The gas turbine engine according to claim 4 , wherein the curve has a slope that is generally constant from 20% span to 70% span.
6. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the airfoil has a relationship between a trailing edge angle and span position that includes another curve with a non-positive slope from 90% span to 100% span.
7. The gas turbine engine according to claim 6 , wherein the other curve is linear with a trailing edge angle of less than 75° at 0% span and a trailing edge angle of less than 40° at 100% span.
8. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section, wherein the compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor, the high pressure compressor arranged upstream of the combustor section;
a fan section having an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades, wherein the fan section has a fan pressure ratio of less than 1.55, wherein the low pressure compressor is counter-rotating relative to the fan blades, wherein the low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section;
a geared architecture coupling the fan section to the turbine section or the compressor section; and
an airfoil provided in a compressor outside the high pressure compressor section, wherein the airfoil is rotatable relative to an engine static structure, the airfoil including pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position, wherein the airfoil has a relationship between a trailing edge angle and span position that includes a curve with a non-positive slope from 90% span to 100% span, wherein the trailing edge angle is defined by a tangential plane normal to an engine axis and a line tangent to a camber mean line at the trailing edge.
9. The gas turbine engine according to claim 8 , wherein the gas turbine engine is a two-spool configuration.
10. The gas turbine engine according to claim 8 , wherein the curve is linear with a trailing edge angle of less than 85° at 0% span and a trailing edge angle of less than 55° at 100% span.
11. The gas turbine engine according to claim 10 , wherein the trailing edge angle is less than 75° at 0% span and a trailing edge angle is less than 40° at 100% span.
12. The gas turbine engine according to claim 11 , wherein the trailing edge angle is less than 35° at 100% span.
13. The gas turbine engine according to claim 8 , wherein the airfoil has a relationship between a leading edge angle and span position that includes another curve with at least one of a decreasingly negative slope or a positive slope from 80% span to 100% span.
14. The gas turbine engine according to claim 13 , wherein the other curve has a negative slope from 0% span to 20% span.
15. The gas turbine engine according to claim 13 , wherein the other curve has less than a 40° leading edge angle from 20% span to 50% span.
16. The gas turbine engine according to claim 15 , wherein the other curve has a slope that is constant from 20% span to 70% span.