Airfoil tip pocket with augmentation features

1. A component for a gas turbine engine comprising:

an airfoil extending in a chordwise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge and in a thickness direction between a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall that meet together at both the leading edge and the trailing edge, the airfoil extending in a radial direction from a platform to a tip;

a tip pocket formed in the tip and terminating prior to the trailing edge;

wherein the tip pocket includes a suction side lip, a pressure side lip, a leading edge lip and a trailing edge lip that each extend outwardly in the radial direction from a floor to the tip;

one or more heat transfer augmentation devices formed in the tip pocket, the one or more heat transfer augmentation devices including at least one rib extending from one of the suction side lip and the pressure side lip such that a wall of the at least one rib is spaced apart from another one of the suction side lip and the pressure side lip;

wherein the at least one rib extends outwardly in the radial direction from the floor towards the tip such that a length of the at least one rib is slanted at an acute angle in the chordwise direction toward either the leading edge lip or the trailing edge lip relative to the floor;

a plurality of cooling holes defined in the floor that fluidly connect the tip pocket to at least one internal cooling cavity formed inside the airfoil, wherein each of the plurality of cooling holes extends along a respective passage axis, the passage axis is angled in the chordwise direction relative to the floor, the plurality of cooling holes includes a first cooling hole and a second cooling hole, the passage axis of the first cooling hole is angled in the chordwise direction towards the leading edge lip relative to the floor, and the passage axis of the second hole is angled in the chordwise direction towards the trailing edge lip relative to the floor; and

wherein the at least one rib includes a plurality of ribs distributed along at least one of the suction side lip and the pressure side lip, adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs establish respective recesses, the recesses extend along the respective one of the suction side lip and the pressure side lip, and the plurality of cooling holes are spaced apart from the plurality of ribs and the recesses.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of cooling holes is angled relative to the floor.

3. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs, the first set of ribs are distributed along the suction side lip, and the second set of ribs are distributed along the pressure side lip such that the second set of ribs are spaced apart from the suction side lip and from the first set of ribs.

4. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the length of each rib of the first and second sets of ribs extends from the floor to the tip.

5. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the plurality of cooling holes are positioned relative to a central axis of the tip pocket, and each wall of the first and second sets of ribs terminates prior to intersecting the central axis.

6. The component as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of cooling holes are distributed along the central axis of the tip pocket.

7. The component as recited in claim 5 , wherein:

the plurality of cooling holes are axially aligned with a respective one of the recesses relative to the central axis of the tip pocket.

8. The component as recited in claim 7 , wherein the angle of passage axis differs from the acute angle of each of the plurality of ribs.

9. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the respective lengths of both the first set of ribs and the second set of ribs are slanted in the chordwise direction toward the leading edge lip relative to the floor.

10. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the respective lengths of both of the first set of ribs and the second set of ribs are slanted in the chordwise direction toward the trailing edge lip relative to the floor.

11. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the airfoil is a rotatable turbine blade.

12. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a compressor section driven by a turbine section;

an airfoil extending radially from a platform, the airfoil including:

a tip pocket formed at a tip of the airfoil, the tip pocket extending from a position near a leading edge of the airfoil to a position that is upstream from a trailing edge of the airfoil;

wherein the tip pocket includes a suction side lip, a pressure side lip, a leading edge lip and a trailing edge lip that extend radially outwardly from a floor to the tip, and the tip pocket defines a central axis that extends between the leading edge lip and the trailing edge lip;

a plurality of heat transfer augmentation devices formed in the tip pocket and that terminate prior to intersecting the central axis of the tip pocket, wherein the plurality of heat transfer augmentation device are a plurality of ribs distributed along at least one of the pressure and suction side lips such that a length of each rib of the plurality of ribs is slanted at an acute angle relative to the floor in a direction towards the leading edge lip or the trailing edge lip;

a plurality of cooling holes defined in the floor that fluidly connect the tip pocket to at least one internal cooling cavity formed inside the airfoil, wherein each of the plurality of cooling holes extends along a respective passage axis, the passage axis is angled transversely in a chordwise direction relative to the floor, the plurality of cooling holes includes a first cooling hole and a second cooling hole, the passage axis of the first cooling hole is angled in the chordwise direction towards the leading edge lip relative to the floor, and the passage axis of the second hole is angled in the chordwise direction towards the trailing edge lip relative to the floor; and

wherein adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs establish respective recesses, the recesses extend along the respective one of the suction side lip and the pressure side lip, and the plurality of cooling holes are spaced apart from the plurality of ribs and the recesses.

13. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs, the first set of ribs are distributed along the suction side lip, and the second set of ribs are distributed along the pressure side lip such that the second set of ribs are spaced apart from the suction side lip and from the first set of ribs.

14. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the airfoil is a turbine blade in the turbine section.

15. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the plurality of cooling holes are distributed along the central axis of the tip pocket.

16. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 15 , wherein:

the plurality of cooling holes are axially aligned with a respective one of the recesses relative to the central axis of the tip pocket.