GAS TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING SQUEEZE FILM DAMPER WITH RESERVOIR

A gas turbine engine (20) according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a shaft (74) configured to rotate during operation of the gas turbine engine (20), and a squeeze film damper (60') radially outside the shaft (74). The squeeze film damper (60) inc...

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Hauptverfasser: BORATGIS, Ernest, AMADOR, Armando
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A gas turbine engine (20) according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a shaft (74) configured to rotate during operation of the gas turbine engine (20), and a squeeze film damper (60') radially outside the shaft (74). The squeeze film damper (60) includes a cavity (62') including a film of lubricant axially between first and second cavity seals (84, 86), and further includes a reservoir (70') fluidly coupled to the cavity (62'). A method is also disclosed.