Ching-Pang Lee - Cincinnati OH, US Benjamin E. Heneveld - Newmarket NH, US Glenn E. Brown - West Palm Beach FL, US Jill Klinger - Charlottesville VA, US
International Classification:
F01D 5/18 F01D 9/02
US Classification:
415175, 416 96 R
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component, including: a pressure side () having an interior surface (); a suction side () having an interior surface (); a trailing edge portion (); and a plurality of suction side and pressure side impingement orifices () disposed in the trailing edge portion (). Each suction side impingement orifice is configured to direct an impingement jet () at an acute angle () onto a target area () that encompasses a tip () of a chevron () within a chevron arrangement () formed in the suction side interior surface. Each pressure side impingement orifice is configured to direct an impingement jet at an acute angle onto an elongated target area that encompasses a tip of a chevron within a chevron arrangement formed in the pressure side interior surface.