Gas turbine disc rotor

Claim 1

In a gas turbine gas rotor of disc-type construction with a central tie rod having axially disposed rotor discs, shaft stumps disposed at ends of the rotor discs and toothed rim means for centrally fixing the rotor discs and shaft stumps in mutual engagement against rotation with respect to each other, said tie rod being braced at least at one location along the length thereof directly against compressor or turbine discs by ring-shaped intermediate means for directly transferring radial expansion force of the discs to pressure on the tie rod to damp vibration thereof, the intermediate means comprising substantially conically expansible turning rings slid on the tie rod and having a wider diameter end with a cylindrical extension engageable in a circular groove formed in a lateral surface of one of the discs, said turning rings having at the smaller diameter end thereof an inner peripheral surface along substantially the entire axial length thereof with which they are braced on a reinforced shaft collar disposed on the tie rod when not in operation, and said peripheral surface having an edge thereof closest to said wider diameter end at which said turning rings are privoted during operation to receive the radial expansion damping force.