Turbine shroud with friction mounted ceramic matrix composite blade track

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11220925-B2
Application number	US-202017068268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2020
Priority date	Oct 10, 2019
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

A turbine shroud adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a seal segment and an attachment unit. The seal segment includes an arcuate shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis and a mount post that extends radially outward away from the shroud wall. The attachment unit includes a first carrier and a second carrier that cooperate to define a channel that receives at least a portion of the mount post.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbine shroud adapted for use in a gas turbine engine, the turbine shroud comprising
a seal segment comprising ceramic matrix composite materials, the seal segment including an arcuate shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis to define a gas path boundary of the turbine shroud and a mount post that extends radially outward away from the shroud wall,
an attachment unit comprising metallic materials and configured to support the seal segment in position radially relative to the axis, the attachment unit including a fore carrier that extends at least partway about the axis and an aft carrier that extends at least partway about the axis and cooperates with the fore carrier to define a channel that opens radially inwardly and receives a portion of the mount post of the seal segment to locate the mount post of the seal segment axially between the fore carrier and the aft carrier, and
a pin that extends axially into the fore carrier, the mount post, and the aft carrier to interlock the seal segment with the attachment unit,
whereby radial force loads from gases are applied to inner and outer radial sides of the shroud wall during use of the turbine shroud which urge the seal segment to move radially relative to the attachment unit and wherein the seal segment is clamped between the fore carrier and the aft carrier so that frictional forces acting on the mount post counteract at least a portion of the radial force loads to resist radial movement of the mount post relative to the attachment unit.

2. The turbine shroud of claim 1 , wherein the fore carrier is formed to include an axially extending first blind hole, the mount post is formed to include an axially extending through hole, the aft carrier is formed to include an axially extending second blind hole, and the pin extends into the first blind hole, through the through hole, and into the second blind hole.

3. The turbine shroud of claim 2 , wherein the attachment unit further includes a key that extends radially into the fore carrier and the aft carrier to couple the fore carrier with the aft carrier and maintain the compressive clamp force applied to the mount post.

4. The turbine shroud of claim 2 , wherein the fore carrier is formed to include a first through hole, the aft carrier is formed to define a second through hole, and the attachment unit further includes a fastener that extends through the first through hole and the second through hole to couple the first carrier with the second carrier.

5. The turbine shroud of claim 4 , wherein the mount post is formed to define a cutout that extends radially inward partway into the mount post and axially through the mount post so that the mount post is U-shaped when viewed axially relative to the axis and the fastener extends through the cutout without contacting the mount post.

6. The turbine shroud of claim 1 , wherein the seal segment is clamped between the fore carrier and the aft carrier so that the frictional forces acting on the mount post counteract all of the radial force loads to resist radial movement of the mount post relative to the attachment unit such that no radial force loads are counteracted by the pin.

7. The turbine shroud of claim 1 , wherein the fore carrier includes a fore support body and a fore plate having a fore facing surface and an aft facing surface, the second carrier includes an aft support body and an aft plate having a fore facing surface and an aft facing surface, the fore plate and the aft plate are clamped between the fore support body and the aft support body, the mount post is clamped between the fore plate and the aft plate, and at least one of the aft facing surface of the fore plate and the fore facing surface of the aft plate are angled relative to a plane that extends perpendicular to the axis.

8. A turbine shroud adapted for use in a gas turbine engine, the turbine shroud comprising
a seal segment that includes an arcuate shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis and a mount post that extends radially outward away from the shroud wall, and
an attachment unit that extends at least partway about the axis, the attachment unit includes a first carrier and a second carrier that cooperate to define a channel that opens radially inwardly and receives at least a portion of the mount post, and the first carrier coupled with the second carrier such that the first carrier and the second carrier apply a compressive clamp force to the mount post of the seal segment.

9. The turbine shroud of claim 8 , further comprising a pin that extends axially into the first carrier, the mount post, and the second carrier to interlock the seal segment with the attachment unit.

10. The turbine shroud of claim 9 , wherein the first carrier is formed to include an axially extending first blind hole, the mount post is formed to include an axially extending through hole, the second carrier is formed to include an axially extending second blind hole, and the pin extends into the first blind hole, through the through hole, and into the second blind hole.

11. The turbine shroud of claim 10 , wherein the first blind hole and the second blind hole are circumferentially extending slots.

12. The turbine shroud of claim 9 , further comprising a bias member arranged around the pin and located between the mount post and one of the first carrier and the second carrier.

13. The turbine shroud of claim 8 , wherein the first carrier is formed to include a first through hole, the second carrier is formed to define a second through hole, and the attachment unit further includes a fastener that extends through the first through hole and the second through hole to couple the first carrier with the second carrier.

14. The turbine shroud of claim 13 , wherein the mount post is formed to define a cutout that extends radially inward partway into the mount post and axially through the mount post and the fastener extends through the cutout without contacting the mount post.

15. The turbine shroud of claim 13 , further comprising a first pin and a second pin spaced apart circumferentially from the first pin that each extend axially into the first carrier, the mount post, and the second carrier to interlock the seal segment with the attachment unit.

16. The turbine shroud of claim 8 , wherein the first carrier has a first engagement surface, the mount post has a first face engaged with the first engagement surface, and the first engagement surface is angled relative to first face to define an angle therebetween, and the angle is less than 90 degrees.

17. The turbine shroud of claim 8 , wherein the shroud segment further includes a shim located between the mount post and the first carrier and directly engaged with the mount post and the first carrier.

18. The turbine shroud of claim 8 , wherein the first carrier and the second carrier are integrally formed as a one-piece component and the seal segment is coupled with the attachment unit for movement with the attachment unit only by frictional forces between the seal segment, the first carrier, and the second carrier.

19. A method comprising
providing a seal segment, an attachment unit, and a pin, the seal segment includes an arcuate shroud wall and a mount post that extends outward away from the shroud wall, and the attachment unit including a first carrier and a second carrier that cooperate to define a channel between the first carrier and the second carrier,
locating the mount post in the channel,
inserting the pin through the mount post an

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Nam Tech Inc
• Rolls Royce Corp
• Rolls Royce Plc

Inventors

• Freeman Ted J
• Sippel Aaron D
• Starr Shaling
• Bazan Paulo
• Harding Adrian
• Walston Jeffrey A

Classifications

• F05D2240/11

  Shroud seal segments · CPC title

• F01D25/246 Primary

  Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings · CPC title

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F01D11/08 Primary

  for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator (specially-shaped blade tips therefor F01D5/20) · CPC title

• F05D2240/55

  Seals · CPC title