Blade outer air seal with compliant seal
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section that has a ceramic matrix composite body that defines a core gaspath side that a row of blades, a forward end, an aft end, and circumferential sides. The forward end abuts at least one vane of a first row of vanes, and the aft end including a seal channel. A compliant seal is disposed in the seal channel and seals against at least one vane of a second row of vanes.
1. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a turbine section including,
a core gaspath;
a first row of vanes disposed in the core gaspath about an engine axis, a second row of vanes in the core gaspath and axially spaced from the first row of vanes, and a row of blades in the core gaspath axially between the first row of vanes and the second row of vanes, each vane of the first row of vanes including a platform with a radially-projecting flange; and
a row of blade outer air seals axially between the first row of vanes and the second row of vanes and situated radially outwardly of the row of blades, each blade outer air seal including,
a ceramic matrix composite body defining a core gaspath side facing the row of blades and bounding the core gaspath, a forward end, an aft end, and circumferential sides, the forward end abutting the radially-projecting flange of one of the vanes of the first row of vanes, the aft end including a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall defining radially therebetween a seal channel, the radially inner wall defining, opposite the seal channel, an aft portion of the core gaspath side, and the radially inner wall and the radially outer wall are of equal axial length, and
a compliant seal disposed in the seal channel and sealing against at least one of the vanes of the second row of vanes.
2. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compliant seal is a spring seal.
3. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compliant seal is a W-seal.
4. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compliant seal is a rope seal.
5. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic matrix composite body defines a non-core gaspath side and includes a pair of flanges that projects from the non-core gaspath side, and the pair of flanges includes first and second pin holes that are aligned to receive a pin.
6. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compliant seal is a full hoop around the engine axis.
7. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein thermal expansion and thermal contraction of the least one of the vanes of the first row of vanes that is abutting the blade outer air seal causes axial movement of the blade outer air seal to compress and decompress, respectively, the compliant seal.
8. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic matrix composite body is a SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite in which SiC fiber plies are disposed within a SiC matrix.