Granted Patent B1

US 12,421,870 · App. 18/651,642 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Clark J. Snyder (Indianapolis, IN); Aaron D. Sippel (Indianapolis, IN); David J. Thomas (Indianapolis, IN); Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation

F01D25/12F01D25/243F05D2230/64F05D2260/232

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A turbine shroud assembly for use with a gas turbine engine, the turbine shroud assembly comprising

a blade track segment made of ceramic matrix composite materials having a shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis and an attachment flange that extends radially outward from the shroud wall away from the axis,

a pin that extends parallel to the axis into a metallic support structure and through an aperture in the attachment flange of the blade track segment so as to couple the blade track segment to the metallic support structure, and

a cooling passageway formed in the metallic support structure, the cooling passageway shaped to direct cooling air onto a preselected cooling area of the attachment flange included in the blade track segment, the preselected cooling area located radially between the shroud wall and the pin as well as being circumferentially aligned with the pin so that heat absorbed by the shroud wall during use of the turbine shroud assembly is dissipated by the cooling air directed onto the preselected cooling area before being conducted to the pin so as to manage pin-deformation and pin-life, an inlet of the cooling passageway offset from an outlet of the cooling passageway in a radial direction and in at least one of an axial direction relative to the axis or a circumferential direction relative to the axis,

wherein the metallic support structure includes a cooling air plenum, the cooling passageway in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum to conduct the cooling air through a wall of the metallic support structure to the preselected cooling area,

wherein the attachment flange is a first attachment flange, the blade track segment further comprising a second attachment flange that extends radially outward from the shroud wall, the second attachment flange spaced apart axially from the first attachment flange, and

wherein the metallic support structure includes a first intermediate support wall that extends radially inward from an outer wall of the metallic support structure axially aft of the first attachment flange and a second intermediate support wall that extends radially inward from the outer wall of the metallic support structure axially forward of the second attachment flange and spaced apart axially from the first intermediate support wall to define a chamber.

2. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein the preselected cooling area is disposed at least partially on an axially forward facing surface of the attachment flange.

3. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 2 , wherein the preselected cooling area is disposed at least partially on an axially aft facing surface of the attachment flange.

4. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is a first aperture, the attachment flange further comprising a second aperture spaced circumferentially from the first aperture, and wherein a respective preselected cooling area is disposed radially inward of each one of the first aperture and the second aperture.

5. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metallic support structure further includes a forward support wall axially forward of the first attachment flange so that the first attachment flange is located axially between the forward support wall and the first intermediate support wall, and

wherein the cooling passageway includes a cooling-area passageway extending axially and radially through the metallic support structure at least partially axially forward of the forward support wall to conduct the cooling air from the cooling air plenum to the preselected cooling area.

6. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the cooling-area passageway extend in both axially and circumferentially though the metallic support structure.

7. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the cooling-area passageway extends radially through the metallic support structure.

8. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cooling passageway includes a radial passageway extending radially through the metallic support structure to conduct the cooling air from the cooling air plenum to the chamber and a cooling-area passageway extending axially through the metallic support structure to conduct the cooling air from the plenum to at least one of the preselected cooling areas.

9. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 8 , wherein the cooling-area passageway includes a forward cooling-area passageway and an aft cooling-area passageway, the forward cooling-area passageway extending through the metallic support structure aft of the first attachment flange and the aft cooling-area passageway extending through the metallic support structure forward of the second attachment flange.

10. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is a first aperture, the attachment flange further comprising a second aperture spaced circumferentially from the first aperture, and

wherein the cooling passageway includes a first passageway at least partially circumferentially aligned adjacent to the first aperture and a second passageway spaced apart circumferentially from the first passageway and at least partially circumferentially aligned adjacent to the second aperture.

11. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 10 , wherein the pin includes a first pin and a second pin that each extend axially into the metallic support structure and through the attachment flange of the blade track segment, the first pin extending through the first aperture and the second pin extending through the second aperture, wherein the first passageway is configured to direct the cooling air towards a respective preselected cooling area disposed near the first pin and the first aperture, and the second passageway is configured to direct the cooling air towards a respective preselected cooling area disposed near the second pin and the second aperture.

12. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 11 ,

wherein the first passageway and the second passageway each includes a forward cooling-area passageway and an aft cooling-area passageway, each of the forward cooling-area passageways extending through the metallic support structure at least partially forward of the first intermediate support wall aft of the first attachment flange and each of the aft cooling-area passageway extending through the metallic support structure at least partially aft of the second intermediate support wall aft of the first intermediate support wall and forward of the second attachment flange.

13. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 12 , wherein a respective angle of each of the forward cooling-area passageways and each of the aft cooling-area passageway with respect to the shroud wall is angled to direct the cooling air at a respective preselected cooling area.

14. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 12 , wherein a respective angle of each of the forward cooling-area passageways and each of the aft cooling-area passageway with respect to an axially extending plane perpendicular to the shroud wall is angled to direct the cooling air at a respective preselected cooling area.

15. The turbine shroud assembly of claim 1 , wherein an outlet of the cooling passageway is disposed in a radially extending wall of the metallic support structure across from the preselected cooling area, the outlet of the cooling passageway offset from an inlet of the cooling passageway in at least one of the circumferential or axial direction.

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