NONLINEARLY STACKED LOW NOISE TURBOFAN STATOR

• Main Authors: NOLCHEFF, NICK, A, SCHUSTER, WILLIAM, B, GUNARAJ, JOHN, A, WEIR, DONALD, S, KONTOS, KAREN, B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 04.01.2007
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

The present invention provides a nonlinearly stacked low noise turbofan stator vane (11). The stator is in an axial fan or compressor turbomachinery stage that is comprised of a collection of vanes whose highly three-dimensional shape is selected to reduce rotor-stator and rotor­strut interaction no...