Patent Grant
12152499
The present disclosure relates generally to turbine shroud segments, and more specifically to sealing turbine shroud segments used with gas turbine engines.
Gas turbine engines are used to power aircraft, watercraft, power generators, and the like. Gas turbine engines typically include a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor compresses air drawn into the engine and delivers high pressure air to the combustor. In the combustor, fuel is mixed with the high pressure air and is ignited. Products of the combustion reaction in the combustor are directed into the turbine where work is extracted to drive the compressor and, sometimes, an output shaft. Left-over products of the combustion are exhausted out of the turbine and may provide thrust in some applications.
Compressors and turbines typically include alternating stages of static vane assemblies and rotating wheel assemblies. The rotating wheel assemblies include disks carrying blades around their outer edges. When the rotating wheel assemblies turn, tips of the blades move along blade tracks included in static shrouds that are arranged around the rotating wheel assemblies. Such static shrouds may be coupled to an engine case that surrounds the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine.
Some shrouds are made up of a number of segments arranged circumferentially adjacent to one another to form a ring. Such shrouds may include sealing elements between segments to block air from leaking through the segments during operation of the gas turbine engine.
The present disclosure may comprise one or more of the following features and combinations thereof.
A turbine shroud assembly for use with a gas turbine engine may comprise a first shroud segment, a second shroud segment, and a damping strip seal assembly. The first shroud segment may include a first carrier segment and a first blade track segment. The first carrier segment may be arranged circumferentially at least partway around a central axis. The first blade track segment may be supported by the first carrier segment to define a portion of a gas path of the turbine shroud assembly. The first carrier segment may have a first outer wall, a first flange, and a second flange. The first flange may extend radially inward from the first outer wall. The second flange may be axially spaced apart from the first flange and may extend radially inward from the first outer wall.
In some embodiments, the second shroud segment may be arranged circumferentially adjacent the first shroud segment about the central axis. The second shroud segment may include a second carrier segment and a second blade track segment supported by the second carrier segment to define another portion of the gas path of the turbine shroud assembly. The second carrier segment may have a second outer wall, a first flange, and a second flange. The first flange may extend radially inward from the second outer wall. The second flange may be axially spaced apart from the first flange of the second carrier segment and may extend radially inward from the second outer wall.
In some embodiments, the damping strip seal assembly may extend circumferentially into the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment to block gases from passing radially between the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment. The damping strip seal assembly may include an axial seal member, a forward seal member, and an aft seal member. The axial seal member may extend axially along a first radial outer surface of the first blade track segment and a second radial outer surface of the second blade track segment. The forward seal member may extend into the first flange of the first carrier segment and may engage the axial seal member. The aft seal member may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment and may engage the axial seal member such that the forward seal member and the aft seal member urge the axial seal member radially inward against the first blade track segment and the second blade track segment to dampen flutter movement of the axial seal member.
In some embodiments, the forward seal member may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may engage a radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The second portion may extend radially outward from the first portion into a first seal-retaining slot formed in the first flange of the first carrier segment. The first portion may extend along a first curved path axially forward and radially outward and the second portion may extend along a first straight path radially outward from the first portion. The aft seal member may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may engage the radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The second portion may extend radially outward from the first portion into a second seal-retaining slot formed in the second flange of the first carrier segment. The first portion may extend along a second curved path axially aft and radially outward and the second portion may extend along a second straight path radially outward from the first portion.
In some embodiments, the axial seal member may be formed to include a retention tang extending radially outward from the axial seal member at an aft end of the axial seal member to engage an aft wall of the second flange of the first carrier segment. The forward seal member may extend along a first curved path axially aft as the forward seal member extends radially inward toward the axial seal member. The aft seal member may be S-shaped and may be defined by a first axially-extending portion, a curved portion, and a second axially-extending portion. The first axially-extending portion may engage a radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The curved portion may extend radially outward and axially aft from the first axially-extending portion. The second axially-extending portion may extend axially aft from the curved portion. At least a portion of the curved portion and the second axially-extending portion may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment.
In some embodiments, the forward seal member may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may extend along a first straight path radially outwardly away from the axial seal member. The second portion may extend along a curved path radially outward and axially aft from the first portion. The aft seal member may be S-shaped and may be defined by a first axially-extending portion, a curved portion, and a second axially-extending portion. The first axially-extending portion may engage a radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The curved portion may extend radially outward and axially aft from the first axially-extending portion. The second axially-extending portion may extend axially aft from the curved portion. At least a portion of the curved portion and the second axially-extending portion may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment.
In some embodiments, at least a portion of the forward seal member may extend into the first flange of the first carrier segment and into the first flange of the second carrier segment. A radially outer end of the forward seal member may engage the first flange of the first carrier segment without engaging the first flange of the second carrier segment. The first flange of the first carrier segment may include a first wall and a first protrusion that extends radially inward from the first wall to cover a first axial end of the first blade track segment. The first wall may be formed to include a radial inward facing surface and a first seal-retaining slot extends radially outward into the first flange of the first carrier segment from the radially inward facing surface to receive at least a portion of the forward seal member therein.
In some embodiments, the first carrier segment may include a third flange and a fourth flange. The third flange may extend radially inward from the first outer wall. The fourth flange may be axially spaced apart from the third flange and may extend radially inward from the first outer wall. The third flange may be located axially between the first flange and the fourth flange. The fourth flange may be located axially between the third flange and the second flange. The first shroud segment may include a first retainer that extends through the first carrier segment and through the first blade track segment so as to couple the first blade track segment to the first carrier segment.
In some embodiments, the first blade track segment may include a first shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around the central axis and a first attachment feature that extends radially outward from the first shroud wall. A circumferential end of the first shroud wall may be formed with a first recess to define a first shoulder that provides the first radial outer surface of the first blade track segment. The second blade track segment may include a second shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around the central axis and a second attachment feature that extends radially outward from the second shroud wall. A circumferential end of the second shroud wall may be formed with a second recess to define a second shoulder that provides the second radial outer surface of the second blade track segment. The axial seal member of the damping strip seal assembly may engage the first shoulder and the second shoulder.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a turbine shroud assembly for use with a gas turbine engine may comprise a first shroud segment, a second shroud segment, and a damping strip seal assembly. The first shroud segment may include a first carrier segment and a first blade track segment. The first carrier segment may be arranged circumferentially at least partway around a central axis. The first blade track segment may be coupled with the first carrier segment to define a portion of a gas path of the turbine shroud assembly. The first carrier segment may have an outer wall, a first flange, and a second flange. The first flange may extend radially inward from the outer wall. The second flange may be axially spaced apart from the first flange and may extend radially inward from the outer wall. The second shroud segment may include a second carrier segment arranged circumferentially at least partway around a central axis and a second blade track segment supported by the second carrier segment.
In some embodiments, the damping strip seal assembly may include an axial seal member, a forward seal member, and an aft seal member. The axial seal member may engage a radial outer surface of the first blade track segment. The forward seal member may extend into the first flange of the first carrier segment and may engage a radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The aft seal member may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment and may engage the radial outer surface of the axial seal member to urge the axial seal member radially inward toward the radial outer surface of the first blade track segment.
In some embodiments, the forward seal member may include a first portion that engages the radial outer surface of the axial seal member and a second portion that extends radially outward from the first portion. The first portion may extend along a first curved path axially forward and radially outward. The second portion may extend along a first straight path radially outward from the first portion. The aft seal member may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may engage the radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The second portion may extend radially outward from the first portion. The first portion may extend along a second curved path axially aft and radially outward. The second portion may extend along a second straight path radially outward from the first portion.
In some embodiments, the axial seal member may be formed to include a retention tang extending radially outward from the axial seal member at an aft end of the axial seal member to engage an aft wall of the second flange of the first carrier segment. The forward seal member may extend along a first curved path axially aft as the forward seal member extends radially inward toward the axial seal member. The aft seal member may be defined by a first axially-extending portion, a curved portion, and a second axially-extending portion. The first axially-extending portion may engage the radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The curved portion may extend radially outward and axially aft from the first axially-extending portion. The second axially-extending portion may extend axially aft from the curved portion. At least a portion of the curved portion and the second axially-extending portion may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment.
In some embodiments, the forward seal member may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may extend along a first straight path radially outwardly away from the axial seal member. The second portion may extend along a curved path radially outward and axially aft from the first portion. The aft seal member may be defined by a first axially-extending portion, a curved portion, and a second axially-extending portion. The first axially-extending portion may engage the radial outer surface of the axial seal member. The curved portion may extend radially outward and axially aft from the first axially-extending portion. The second axially-extending portion may extend axially aft from the curved portion. At least a portion of the curved portion and the second axially-extending portion may extend into the second flange of the first carrier segment. The first flange of the first carrier segment may include a first wall and a first protrusion that extends radially inward from the first wall to cover a first axial end of the first blade track segment. The first wall may be formed to include a radial inward facing surface and a first seal-retaining slot may extend radially outward into the first flange of the first carrier segment from the radially inward facing surface to receive at least a portion of the forward seal member therein.
A method of assembling a turbine shroud assembly for use with a gas turbine engine may comprise assembling a first shroud segment by coupling a first blade track segment with a first carrier segment to support the first blade track segment radially inward of the first carrier segment. The method may comprise assembling a second shroud segment by coupling a second blade track segment with a second carrier segment to support the second blade track segment radially inward of the second carrier segment. The method may comprise providing a damping strip seal assembly that includes an axial seal member, a forward seal member, and an aft seal member. The method may comprise locating the axial seal member of the damping strip seal assembly on a first radial outer surface of the first blade track segment and a second radial outer surface of the second blade track segment. The method may comprise sliding the forward seal member of the damping strip seal assembly into a first seal-retaining slot formed in a first flange of the first carrier segment so that the forward seal member engages the first flange of the first carrier segment.
In some embodiments, the method may comprise sliding the aft seal member of the damping strip seal assembly into a second seal-retaining slot formed in a second flange of the first carrier segment so that the aft seal member engages the second flange of the first carrier segment. The method may comprise urging the axial seal member of the damping strip seal assembly radially inward against the first blade track segment and the second blade track segment through engagement of the forward seal member with the first flange and the aft seal member with the second flange. The method may comprise inserting a first retainer axially forward through the first carrier segment and the first blade track segment so as to couple the first blade track segment with the first carrier segment.
These and other features of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of the illustrative embodiments.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the disclosure, reference will now be made to a number of illustrative embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same.
An illustrative aerospace gas turbine engine 10 includes a fan 12, a compressor 14, a combustor 16, and a turbine 18 as shown in
The turbine 18 includes at least one turbine wheel assembly 20 and a turbine shroud assembly 22 positioned to surround the turbine wheel assembly 20 as shown in
The turbine shroud assembly 22 includes a plurality of shroud segments and a plurality of strip seals between adjacent shroud segments as suggested in
The plurality of strip seals in the illustrative embodiment includes strip seals 102, 104, 106, 108, 110 as shown in
The second shroud segment 28 is arranged circumferentially adjacent the first shroud segment 26 about the central axis 11. A circumferential gap G is formed between the first shroud segment 26 and the second shroud segment 28 as shown in
The first shroud segment 26 includes a first carrier segment 32, a first blade track segment 34, and a first retainer 36 as shown in
The second shroud segment 28 includes a second carrier segment 38, a second blade track segment 40, and a second retainer 42 as shown in
The damping strip seal assembly 30 extends circumferentially into the first shroud segment 26 and the second shroud segment 28 as shown in
Fluttering of strip seals may be a concern in turbine shroud assemblies. Fluttering movement of a strip seal may reduce the life of the strip seal. To minimize fluttering, and thus, reduce the possibility of failure, the damping strip seal assembly 30 of the present disclosure is urged radially against the blade track segments 34, 40 to dampen any flutter or vibration.
The damping strip seal assembly 30 includes an axial seal member 44, the forward seal member 46, and the aft seal member 48 as shown in
Turning back to the first shroud segment 26, the first carrier segment 32 of the first shroud segment 26 includes a first outer wall 50, a first flange 52, and a second flange 54 as shown in
The first flange 52 of the first carrier segment 32 includes a first wall 70 formed to include a radially inward facing surface 74 as shown in
The second flange 54 of the first carrier segment 32 is formed to include a second seal-retaining slot 76 as shown in
In some embodiments, the first carrier segment 32 further includes a third flange 56 and a fourth flange 58 as shown in
The first blade track segment 34 includes a first shroud wall 83 and a first attachment feature 85 that extends radially outward from the first shroud wall 83 as shown in
A circumferential end 34B of the first shroud wall 83 confronts the second blade track segment 40 as shown in
In the illustrative embodiment, the first retainer 36 includes a mount pin 37 and a mount plug 39 as shown in
The second carrier segment 38 of the second shroud segment 28 includes a second outer wall 92, a fifth flange 94, and a sixth flange 96 as shown in
The fifth flange 94 is formed to include a third seal-retaining slot 98 as shown in
The fifth flange 94 of the second carrier segment 38 includes a second wall 79 formed to include a radially inward facing surface 81 as shown in
The sixth flange 96 of the second carrier segment 38 is formed to include a fourth seal-retaining slot 89 as suggested in
The second carrier segment 38 further includes a seventh flange 91 and an eighth flange 93 as shown in
The second blade track segment 40 includes a second shroud wall 95 and a second attachment feature 97 that extends radially outward from the second shroud wall 95 as shown in
A circumferential end 40B of the second shroud wall 95 confronts the first blade track segment 34 as shown in
The damping strip seal assembly 30 includes the axial seal member 44, the forward seal member 46, and the aft seal member 48 as shown in
The axial seal member 44 extends between a first axial end 44A and a second axial end 44B as shown in
The first recess 86 of the first blade track segment 34 and the second recess 99 of the second blade track segment 40 retain the axial seal member 44 circumferentially between the first blade track segment 34 and the second blade track segment 40 as suggested in
The forward seal member 46 extends into the first seal-retaining slot 60 formed in the first flange 52 of the first carrier segment 32 as shown in
The forward seal member 46 extends into both of the first seal-retaining slot 60 of the first carrier segment 32 and the third seal-retaining slot 98 of the second carrier segment 38 as shown in
The aft seal member 48 extends into the second seal-retaining slot 76 formed in the second flange 54 of the first carrier segment 32 as shown in
The aft seal member 48 extends into both of the second seal-retaining slot 76 of the first carrier segment 32 and the fourth seal-retaining slot 89 of the second carrier segment 38 as suggested in
The seal-retaining slots 60, 98 retain the forward seal member 46 axially and radially relative to the turbine shroud assembly 22 as suggested in
In some embodiments, the turbine shroud assembly 22 further includes strip seals 102, 104, 106, 108, 110 as shown in
The first carrier segment 32 and the second carrier segment 38 are each formed to include grooves sized to receive the strip seals 102, 104, 106, 108 therein as shown in
Another embodiment of a damping strip seal assembly 30′ in accordance with the present disclosure is shown in
A forward seal member 46′ is similar to the forward seal member 46 as shown in
The axial seal member 44′ is formed to include a retention tang 51′ as shown in
Another embodiment of a turbine shroud assembly 222 in accordance with the present disclosure is shown in
As compared to the turbine shroud assembly 22, the turbine shroud assembly 222 includes different slots 298 formed in a second carrier segment 238 and different forward and aft seal members 246 as shown in
The first shroud segment 226 includes a first carrier segment 232, a first blade track segment 234, and a first retainer (not shown, but the same as the first retainer 36) as shown in
A first flange 252 of the first carrier segment 232 is formed to include a first seal-retaining slot 260 sized to receive at least a portion of the forward seal member 246 therein as shown in
A fifth flange 294 of the second carrier segment 238 is formed to include a third seal-retaining slot 298 as shown in
The axial seal member 244 of the damping strip seal assembly 230 extends axially along the first blade track segment 234 and the second blade track segment 240 and circumferentially between the blade track segments 234, 240 as shown in
The forward seal member 246 includes a first portion 247 and a second portion 249 extending radially outward from the first portion 247 as shown in
In some embodiments, the forward seal member 246 extends into the first seal-retaining slot 260 and into the third seal-retaining slot 298 as shown in
Another embodiment of a damping strip seal assembly 330 for use with the first shroud segment 226 and the second shroud segment 228 of
The damping strip seal assembly 330 includes an axial seal member 344, a forward seal member 346, and an aft seal member as shown in
The forward seal member 346 includes a first portion 347 and a second portion 349 extending radially outward from the first portion 347 as shown in
The first radial portion 349A extends radially outward away from the first portion 347 of the forward seal member 346 as shown in
Illustratively, the second radial portion 349C extends into the first seal-retaining slot 260 without extending into the third seal-retaining slot 298 so that only the first carrier segment 232 is engaged by the second radial portion 349C as shown in
Though not shown, the aft seal member is configured similarly to the forward seal member 346 such that the aft seal member only contacts the second seal-retaining slot of the first carrier segment 232 without contacting the fourth seal-retaining slot of the second carrier segment 238. The forward seal member 346 (and the aft seal member) may be any shape that allows the forward seal member 346 to extend into each of the slots 260, 298, while only engaging the first seal-retaining slot 260.
Another embodiment of a turbine shroud assembly 422 in accordance with the present disclosure is shown in
A first shroud segment 426 of the turbine shroud assembly 422 includes the first carrier segment 432, a first blade track segment 434, and a first retainer 436 as shown in
The second flange 454 of the first carrier segment 432 is formed to include a second seal-retaining slot 476 as shown in
The second flange 454 of the first carrier segment 432 includes an aft wall 462 formed to include a radially inward facing surface 464 as shown in
The first blade track segment 434 is similar to the first blade track segment 34, and the first retainer 436 is similar to the first retainer 36. An axial seal member 444 and a forward seal member 446 are similar to the axial seal member 44 and the forward seal member 46, respectively.
The aft seal member 448 extends into the second seal-retaining slot 476 formed in the second flange 454 of the first carrier segment 432 as shown in
The fourth seal-retaining slot is similar to the second seal-retaining slot 476 such that the fourth seal-retaining slot matches the shape of the aft seal member 448. In some embodiments, a height of the second portion 476B of the second seal-retaining slot 476 may be less than a height of the second portion of the fourth seal-retaining slot, similar to the slots described in relation to
Another embodiment of a turbine shroud assembly 522 in accordance with the present disclosure is shown in
A first shroud segment 526 of the turbine shroud assembly 522 includes the first carrier segment 532, a first blade track segment 534, and a first retainer 536 as shown in
The first flange 552 of the first carrier segment 532 includes a first wall 570 formed to include a radially inward facing surface 574 as shown in
The second flange 554 of the first carrier segment 532 is formed to include a second seal-retaining slot 576 that is the same as the second seal-retaining slot 476 as shown in
The forward seal member 546 extends into the first seal-retaining slot 560 formed in the first flange 552 of the first carrier segment 532 as shown in
The third seal-retaining slot formed in the second carrier segment is similar to the first seal-retaining slot 560. In some embodiments, a height of the second portion 560B of the first seal-retaining slot 560 may be less than a height of a second portion of the third seal-retaining slot, similar to the slots described in relation to
A method of assembling the turbine shroud assembly 22, 222, 322, 422, 522 for use with the gas turbine engine 10 is provided herein. The method includes assembling the first shroud segment 26, 226, 426, 526 by coupling the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 with the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532 to support the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 radially inward of the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532. The method includes assembling the second shroud segment 28, 228 by coupling the second blade track segment 40, 240 with the second carrier segment 38, 238 to support the second blade track segment 40, 240 radially inward of the second carrier segment 38, 238.
The method includes providing the damping strip seal assembly 30, 30′, 230, 330, 430, 540 that includes the axial seal member 44, 44′, 244, 344, 444, 544, the forward seal member 46, 46′, 246, 346, 446, 546, and the aft seal member 48, 48′, 448, 548. The method includes locating the axial seal member 44, 44′, 244, 344, 444, 544 of the damping strip seal assembly 30, 30′, 230, 330, 430, 540 on the first radial outer surface 90 of the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 and the second radial outer surface 69 of the second blade track segment 40, 240.
The method includes sliding the forward seal member 46, 46′, 246, 346, 446, 546 of the damping strip seal assembly 30, 30′, 230, 330, 430, 540 into the first seal-retaining slot 60, 260, 460, 560 formed in the first flange 52, 252, 452, 552 of the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532 so that the forward seal member 46, 46′, 246, 346, 446, 546 engages the first flange 52, 252, 452, 552 of the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532. The method includes sliding the aft seal member 48, 48′, 448, 548 of the damping strip seal assembly 30, 30′, 230, 330, 430, 540 into the second seal-retaining slot 76, 476, 576 formed in the second flange 54, 454, 554 of the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532 so that the aft seal member 48, 48′, 448, 548 engages the second flange 54, 454, 554 of the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532.
The method includes urging the axial seal member 44, 44′, 244, 344, 444, 544 of the damping strip seal assembly 30, 30′, 230, 330, 430, 540 radially inward against the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 and the second blade track segment 40, 240 through engagement of the forward seal member 46, 46′, 246, 346, 446, 546 with the first flange 52, 252, 452, 552 and the aft seal member 48, 48′, 448, 548 with the second flange 54, 454, 554. The method includes inserting the first retainer 36, 436, 536 axially forward through the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532 and the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 so as to couple the first blade track segment 34, 234, 434, 534 with the first carrier segment 32, 232, 432, 532.
While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the foregoing drawings and description, the same is to be considered as exemplary and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only illustrative embodiments thereof have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected.
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