Article having ceramic wall with flow turbulators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11333036-B2
Application number	US-201916557046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Nov 17, 2016
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

An article includes a ceramic matrix composite wall that defines at least a side of a passage. The ceramic wall includes a ceramic matrix composite flow turbulator that projects into the passage. The flow turbulator is formed of ceramic matrix composite. The ceramic matric composite of the wall comprises woven fibers that are dispersed in a ceramic body matrix. An airfoil and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article comprising:
a ceramic matrix composite wall defining at least a side of a passage, the ceramic matrix composite wall including a ceramic matrix composite flow turbulator that projects into the passage, wherein the ceramic matrix composite of the wall comprises woven fibers that are dispersed in a ceramic body matrix, wherein the woven fibers include a first plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common first direction and second plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common second direction, and wherein the flow turbulator is an elongated strip having an elongated direction that is transverse to at least one of the first and second directions, and wherein the ceramic matrix composite of the flow turbulator includes a plurality of fibers disposed in a ceramic matrix, and the fibers of the flow turbulator are unidirectionally oriented in the elongated direction of the elongated strip.

2. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic matrix of the body portion and the ceramic matrix of the flow turbulator have equivalent base compositions.

3. The article as recited in claim 2 , wherein the base compositions are silicon-containing.

4. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of fibers includes bundles of fibers.

5. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second direction is different from the first direction.

6. The article as recited in claim 5 , wherein the second direction is normal to the first direction.

7. The article as recited in claim 5 , wherein the second direction is offset from the first direction by 45 degrees.

8. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fibers of the flow turbulator have common fiber diameters, and the elongated strip has a height of at least two fiber diameters.

9. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fibers of the flow turbulator have common fiber diameters, and the elongated strip has a height of at least four fiber diameters.

10. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the elongated strip has a height of at least 5 mils (0.127 millimeters).

11. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic matrix composite wall is in an airfoil section and defines at least a portion of an airfoil profile of the airfoil section.

12. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fibers in the flow turbulator are transverse to one of the first and second pluralities of the woven fibers in the ceramic matrix composite wall.

13. The article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fibers in the flow turbulator are transverse to both of the first and second pluralities of the woven fibers in the ceramic matrix composite wall.

14. An airfoil comprising:
an airfoil section defining an airfoil profile, the airfoil section including a ceramic wall having an exterior side defining at least a portion of the airfoil profile and an interior side defining at least a portion of a passage, the wall formed of ceramic matrix composite comprising woven fibers that are dispersed in a ceramic body matrix, wherein the woven fibers in the ceramic matrix composite wall include a first plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common first direction and second plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction, and wherein the interior side of the ceramic wall includes a ceramic matrix composite flow turbulator that projects into the passage, wherein the flow turbulator is an elongated strip having an elongated direction that is transverse to at least one of the first and second directions, and wherein the ceramic matrix composite of the flow turbulator includes a plurality of fibers disposed in a ceramic matrix, and the fibers of the flow turbulator are unidirectionally oriented in the elongated direction of the elongated strip.

15. The airfoil as recited in claim 14 , wherein the fibers of the flow turbulator have common fiber diameters, and the elongated strip has a height of at least two fiber diameters.

16. The airfoil as recited in claim 14 , wherein the ceramic matrix of the body portion and the ceramic matrix of the flow turbulator have equivalent base compositions.

17. The article as recited in claim 14 wherein the fibers in the flow turbulator are transverse to one of the first and second pluralities of the woven fibers in the ceramic matrix composite wall.

18. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a compressor section;
a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section; and
a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor,
at least one of the turbine section or the compressor section including an article having a ceramic matrix composite wall defining at least a side of a passage, the ceramic wall including a ceramic matrix composite flow turbulator that projects into the passage, wherein the ceramic matrix composite of the wall comprises woven fibers that are dispersed in a ceramic body matrix, wherein the woven fibers include a first plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common first direction and second plurality of fibers that are oriented in a common second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction, and wherein the flow turbulator is an elongated strip having an elongated direction that is transverse to at least one of the first and second directions, and wherein the ceramic matrix composite of the flow turbulator includes a plurality of fibers disposed in a ceramic matrix, and the fibers of the flow turbulator are unidirectionally oriented in the elongated direction of the elongated strip.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp
• Raytheon Tech

Inventors

• Propheter-Hinckley Tracy A

Classifications

• B32B18/00

  Layered products essentially comprising ceramics, e.g. refractory products · CPC title

• F05D2240/127

  Vortex generators, turbulators, or the like, for mixing · CPC title

• F05D2260/2212

  by creating turbulence · CPC title

• C04B2235/5268

  Orientation of the fibers · CPC title

• C04B2237/36

  Non-oxidic · CPC title