METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAT EXCHANGER COOLING PASSAGES IN AERO PROPULSION STRUCTURE

Methods and apparatus of an improved cooling structure having cooling passages are provided. A method includes forming pilot holes with an electrical discharge machine (EDM) drill near a heated flow surface. The pilot holes are then shaped with a wire EDM into cooling passages having a desired shape...

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Hauptverfasser: GETTINGER CHRISTOPHER, GUINAN DANIEL P, WEBSTER HENRY K, PHILPOTT JAMES B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatus of an improved cooling structure having cooling passages are provided. A method includes forming pilot holes with an electrical discharge machine (EDM) drill near a heated flow surface. The pilot holes are then shaped with a wire EDM into cooling passages having a desired shape.