AIRFOIL WITH CAST FEATURES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

An apparatus and method for forming a film hole in an outer wall of an airfoil. The film hole includes a blind opening adjacent the interior of the airfoil and a hole adjacent the exterior of the airfoil. The blind opening fluidly couples to the hole to form the film hole for providing a volume of f...

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Hauptverfasser: Smith, Aaron Ezekiel, Smith, Douglas Ray, Garay, Gregory Terrence, Webster, Zachary Daniel
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus and method for forming a film hole in an outer wall of an airfoil. The film hole includes a blind opening adjacent the interior of the airfoil and a hole adjacent the exterior of the airfoil. The blind opening fluidly couples to the hole to form the film hole for providing a volume of fluid as a surface cooling film along the exterior of the outer wall.