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US 12,018,584 · App. 17/930,012 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Airfoil for a compressor of a turbomachine

Inventors: Benjamin Hanschke (Munich, DE); Michael Junge (Munich, DE); Astrid Kraus (Munich, DE); Francesca Storti (Munich, DE)
Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
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Patent No.
US 12,018,584
App. No.
17/930,012
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an airfoil for a compressor of a turbomachine, which extends starting from a blade root between a leading edge and a trailing edge to a blade tip, wherein the leading edge has a leading-edge thickness and the airfoil has a maximum profile thickness, the ratio of which to each other represents a relative leading-edge thickness, and the airfoil has a leading-edge wedge angle.

Claims (10)

1. An airfoil for a compressor of a turbomachine, which extends starting from a blade root between a leading edge and a trailing edge to a blade tip,

wherein the leading edge has a leading-edge thickness and the airfoil has a maximum profile thickness, the ratio of the leading-edge thickness to the maximum profile thickness represents a relative leading-edge thickness, and the airfoil has a leading-edge wedge angle,

wherein a product of the relative leading-edge thickness and a leading-edge wedge angle value, in at least one cross-section of the airfoil, forms a leading-edge ratio parameter, the value of which is between 5.5 and 10.0.

2. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cross-section of the airfoil lies in a region in which the relative airfoil height is at least 20% of the total airfoil height.

3. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the value of the leading-edge ratio parameter, in at least one cross-section of the airfoil, is greater than 7.

4. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cross-section of the leading edge lies in a region in which the relative airfoil height is at least 40% of the total airfoil height.

5. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the leading-edge thickness has a value of 0.2 mm to 5 mm.

6. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the leading-edge wedge angle value has a value of 2° to 45°.

7. A compressor for a turbomachine, comprising at least one airfoil according to claim 1 .

8. A turbomachine with a compressor, wherein the compressor is configured and arranged with at least one airfoil according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2023
From: STORTI, FRANCESCA, DR.
To: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
Reel/Frame 062352/0866 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2022
From: HANSCHKE, BENJAMIN; JUNGE, MICHAEL; KRAUS, ASTRID
To: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
Reel/Frame 061869/0361 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 123 281.3 · Sep 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230070018A1 · Mar 9, 2023
Cited By (1)
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