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US 4657482

AIR COOLING SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES

Assignee

ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED

Filed

Sep 18, 1981

Granted

Apr 14, 1987

Location

DERBY GB

Abstract

A gas turbine engine in which a rotating component (such as a turbine shaft or disc) is cooled by directing preswirled air at it by flowing the air along a passageway defined by the rotating component and a static wall. To reduce the viscous drag on the swirling air due to the presence of the static wall, the static wall is transpired to cause the boundary layer of air adjacent the wall to move in the same direction as the swirling air. The wall may be transpired by sucking or blowing air through air passages through the wall.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Apr 23, 1982

Rescinded

Jan 26, 1983

Duration

9 months

Inventor

  • 1PETER F. NEAL

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