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Title: Airfoil

Abstract

An airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge downstream from the leading edge, a pressure surface between the leading and trailing edges, and a suction surface between the leading and trailing edges and opposite the pressure surface. A first convex section on the suction surface decreases in curvature downstream from the leading edge, and a throat on the suction surface is downstream from the first convex section. A second convex section is on the suction surface downstream from the throat, and a first convex segment of the second convex section increases in curvature.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1195938
Patent Number(s):
9085984
Application Number:
13/545,248
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 F05D - INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-05NT42643
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Ristau, Neil, and Siden, Gunnar Leif. Airfoil. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Ristau, Neil, & Siden, Gunnar Leif. Airfoil. United States.
Ristau, Neil, and Siden, Gunnar Leif. Tue . "Airfoil". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1195938.
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Curvature steam turbine vane airfoil
patent, March 1994


High efficiency turbomachinery blade
patent, March 2002


Blade of axial flow-type rotary fluid machine
patent, October 2009