A containment apparatus for a gas turbine engine

• Main Authors: GLYNN, CHRISTOPHER, WORTHOFF, FRANK, BEDEL, DAVID LAWRENCE, CRALL, DAVID WILLIAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.05.2014
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A containment apparatus (50) for a gas turbine engine (10) including an engine casing, said containment apparatus comprising a first layer (64) comprising a plurality of sheets (70) that each comprise a plurality of fibers, a first (74) of said plurality of sheets coupled to the gas turbine engine casing such that said first sheet circumscribes at least a portion of the casing and such that said first sheet plurality of fibers are aligned substantially axially with respect to said gas turbine engine, a second (15) of said plurality of sheets coupled to said first sheet such that said second sheet plurality of fibers are aligned approximately forty-five degrees offset from said first sheet plurality of fibers, a third (76) of said plurality of sheets coupled to said second sheet such that said third sheet plurality of fibers are aligned substantially parallel to said first sheet plurality of fibers.