Airfoil with CMC liner and multi-piece monolithic ceramic shell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11286783-B2
Application number	US-202016859198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2020
Priority date	Apr 27, 2020
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

An airfoil includes an airfoil section that has an airfoil wall that surrounds a cavity. The airfoil wall includes an exterior monolithic ceramic shell and an interior CMC liner that has CMC plies. An outermost ply of the CMC plies forms tabs that are raised from an underlying ply so as to define a slot. The exterior monolithic ceramic shell includes an underlapping shell piece and an overlapping shell piece. The underlapping shell piece has a portion disposed in the slot and bonded with the tabs. The overlapping shell piece extends over the tabs and is bonded to the tabs. There are channels bounded by adjacent ones of the tabs, the underlapping shell piece, and the overlapping shell piece. Channel orifices through the CMC liner connect the cavity and the channels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An airfoil comprising:
an airfoil section having an airfoil wall surrounding a cavity, the airfoil wall including an exterior monolithic ceramic shell and an interior ceramic matrix composite (CMC) liner including CMC plies;
an outermost ply of the CMC plies forming tabs that are raised from an underlying ply of the CMC plies so as to define a slot between the tabs and the underlying ply;
the exterior monolithic ceramic shell including an underlapping shell piece and an overlapping shell piece, the underlapping shell piece having a portion disposed in the slot and bonded with the tabs, the overlapping shell piece extending over the tabs and bonded to the tabs;
channels bounded by adjacent ones of the tabs, the underlapping shell piece, and the overlapping shell piece; and
channel orifices through the CMC liner connecting the cavity and the channels.

2. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the overlapping shell piece includes a base portion and a tapered flange that projects from the base portion, and the tapered flange is bonded with the tabs.

3. The airfoil as recited in claim 2 , wherein the base portion is bonded with the outermost ply adjacent to the tabs.

4. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the underlapping shell piece includes a base portion and a tapered flange that projects from the base portion, and the tapered flange is bonded with the tabs.

5. The airfoil as recited in claim 4 , wherein the base portion is bonded with the CMC liner.

6. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the overlapping shell piece and the underlapping shell piece each include a base portion and a tapered flange that projects from the base portion, the tapered flange of the underlapping shell piece is bonded with an inner surface of the tabs, and the tapered flange of the overlapping shell piece is bonded with an outer surface of the tabs.

7. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the tabs are axially elongated.

8. The airfoil as recited in claim 7 , wherein the tabs are arranged in a radial row.

9. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the channels each have a sloped outlet section.

10. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the overlapping shell piece is a first overlapping shell piece, the monolithic ceramic shell includes a second, adjacent overlapping shell piece, the first overlapping shell piece has a first side edge, the second overlapping shell piece has a second side edge, the first and second side edges define sides of an elongated trench, the CMC liner defines a floor of the trench, and the floor includes trench orifices through the CMC liner connecting the cavity and the trench.

11. An airfoil comprising:
an airfoil section having an airfoil wall surrounding a cavity, the airfoil wall including an exterior monolithic ceramic shell and an interior ceramic matrix composite (CMC) liner including CMC plies;
an outermost ply of the CMC plies forming a tab that is raised from an underlying ply of the CMC plies;
the exterior monolithic ceramic shell including shell pieces with respective flanges that overlap each other with the tab being situated between the flanges, the tab being bonded with the flanges so as to secure the flanges together.

12. The airfoil as recited in claim 11 , wherein the tab includes a base portion that projects outwards from the underlying ply and a body portion that projects off of the base portion along the underlying ply.

13. The airfoil as recited in claim 12 , wherein the tab includes a tip portion that projects off of the body portion away from the underlying ply.

14. The airfoil as recited in claim 11 , wherein the tab is a single one of the CMC plies.

15. An airfoil comprising:
an airfoil section having an airfoil wall surrounding a cavity, the airfoil wall including an exterior monolithic ceramic shell and an interior ceramic matrix composite (CMC) liner, the CMC liner having an outermost ply having an outer ply surface that faces an interior surface of the exterior monolithic ceramic shell, the outer ply surface of the outermost ply being bonded to the interior surface of the exterior monolithic ceramic shell, the exterior monolithic ceramic shell including a first shell piece having a first side edge and a second shell piece having a second side edge, the first side edge being located opposite the second side edge so as to define and second sides of a radially elongated trench and the CMC liner defining a floor of the trench, the floor including a plurality of orifices through the CMC liner connecting the cavity and the trench.

16. The airfoil as recited in claim 15 , wherein at least the first side edge defines an exterior sloped lip of the trench.

17. The airfoil as recited in claim 15 , wherein at least a portion of the orifices are sloped radially outwards.

18. The airfoil as recited in claim 15 , wherein the CMC liner includes CMC plies, an outermost ply of the CMC plies forms tabs that are raised from an underlying ply of the CMC plies so as to define a slot between the tabs and the underlying ply, the exterior monolithic ceramic shell includes an underlapping shell piece that has a portion disposed in the slot and that is bonded with the tabs, and the first shell piece extends over the tabs and is bonded to the tabs.

19. The airfoil as recited in claim 15 , wherein the trench includes an open face opposite the floor.

Assignees

• Raytheon Tech Corp

Inventors

• Martin Thomas J
• Holowczak John E
• Kennedy Matthew B
• Croteau Paul F
• Attridge Paul

Classifications

• F01D9/02

  Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits {, e.g. individual nozzles (nozzle boxes F01D9/047)} · CPC title

• F01D5/282

  Selecting composite materials, e.g. blades with reinforcing filaments · CPC title

• F05D2230/90

  Coating; Surface treatment · CPC title

• F05D2300/603

  Composites; e.g. fibre-reinforced · CPC title

• F05D2300/6033

  Ceramic matrix composites [CMC] · CPC title