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US4848081A
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Cooling means for augmentor liner
Assignee: RTX Corp
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Filing: 1988-05-31
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Granted: 1989-07-18
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Expires: 2008-05-31
Abstract
Abstract An augmentor liner cooling holes are judiciously shaped and discretely located so as to optimize film cooling of the liner. The "kidney" shaped holes are circumferentially spaced on the upstream end of each of the corrugations and are preferably paired in two adjacent rows in a staggered configuration so as to lay a generally uniform circumferential layer of film cooling air internally of the liner.
Inventors
- 👤 Christopher A. Kennedy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 20:43
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02K; F02K1/00; F02K1/78; F02K1/82; F02K1/822; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
An augmentor for a gas turbine engine including a generally cylindrically-shaped corrugated sheet metal liner, a stream of cooling air surrounding said liner flowing axially from a most forward end to a rearward end relative to the direction of the engine's gas path, a plurality of cooling air holes in said liner, each of said cooling air holes being dimensioned in the shape of an elongated kidney, at least two adjacent rows of said cooling air holes being circumferentially spaced at the upstream end of at least one of said corrugations relative to the direction of said gas path, and each of said two adjacent rows being staggered so that each cooling air hole in one of said rows lies between two adjacent cooling air holes in said next adjacent row, so that a portion of said cooling air flows through said cooling air holes internally of said augmentor and defines a film of cooling air on the internal surface of said augmentor around the circumference of said liner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
An augmentor for a gas turbine engine including a generally cylindrically-shaped corrugated sheet metal liner, a stream of cooling air surrounding said liner flowing axially from a most forward end to a rearward end relative to the direction of the engine's gas path, a plurality of cooling air holes in said liner, each of said cooling air holes being dimensioned in the shape of an elongated kidney, at least two adjacent rows of said cooling air holes being circumferentially spaced at the upstream end of at least one of said corrugations relative to the direction of said gas path, and each of said two adjacent rows being staggered so that each cooling air hole in one of said rows lies between two adjacent cooling air holes in said next adjacent row, so that a portion of said cooling air flows through said cooling air holes internally of said augmentor and defines a film of cooling air on the internal surface of said augmentor around the circumference of said liner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An augmentor as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said corrugations include said two adjacent rows of cooling air holes in the upstream end of each of said corrugations where cooling is intended.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
An augmentor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said, said corrugation is sinusoidally shaped and the dimension of said sinusoidal shape is defined by a parameter, parameter approximates 2A/λ=0.133, the location of said two adjacent rows on said sinusoidal shape is calculated as a percentage of λ, said location being selected wherein the most upstream of said two adjacent rows is approximately 0.3 to 0.35λ and the next adjacent row approximates 0.4 to 0.45λ, where A equals amplitude and λ equals one wave length of the corrugations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
An augmentor as claimed in claim 1 wherein the parameter 2A/λ is greater than 0.05.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
An augmentor as in claim 1 wherein said kidney shaped hole has a concave surface facing the upstream end of said augmentor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An augmentor as in claim 1 wherein said augmentor includes a section where screeching occurs, said plurality of cooling holes located in said section.
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