Referring now to
Referring now to
The 1,232 points are a nominal cold or room-temperature profile for each cross-section of the airfoil.
There are typical manufacturing tolerances, as well as coatings which must be accounted for in the actual profile of the airfoil. Accordingly, the values for the profile given in Table I are for a nominal airfoil. It will therefore be appreciated that typical manufacturing tolerances, i.e., ± values and coating thicknesses are additive to or subtractive from the X, Y values given in Table I below. Accordingly, a distance of ±0.100 inches in a direction normal to any surface location along the airfoil profile, defines an airfoil profile envelope for this particular airfoil design and compressor. In a preferred embodiment, the vane airfoil profiles given in Table I below are for the tenth stage blades of the compressor.
The coordinate values given in Table I below are in inches and provide the preferred nominal profile envelope.
It will also be appreciated that the airfoil disclosed in the above table may be scaled up or down geometrically for use in other similar compressor designs. Consequently, the coordinate values set forth in Table I may be scaled upwardly or downwardly such that the airfoil profile shape remains unchanged. A scaled version of the coordinates in Table I would be represented by X, Y and Z coordinate values multiplied or divided by the same constant or number.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.