Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid
Patent
1993-11-30
1995-01-31
Bertsch, Richard A.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
60 3931, 60 3775, 415116, F02G 300
Patent
active
053850130
ABSTRACT:
A gas turbine engine thermal backbone deflection control apparatus to counter the effects of backbone bending due to nacelle aerodynamic, thrust, and maneuver loads by introducing a controlled backbone counter-bending moment by applying an uneven temperature or thermal field around the backbone to induce controlled compression and/or tensioning forces in the backbone or casing between axially spaced apart frames connected by the backbone. One embodiment of the invention provides for flowing thermal control air along an axially and circumferentially sector of the engine casing. The thermal backbone deflection control apparatus is controlled by the engines digital electronic control system using input signals generated by engine thrust load, inlet moment load sensors and/or blade tip clearance sensors.
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Barron Michael L.
Brantley James W.
Wakeman Thomas G.
Bertsch Richard A.
General Electric Company
Kocharov Michael I.
Rafter John R.
Squillaro Jerome C.
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