| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090053068 | STRUCTURES FOR DAMPING OF TURBINE COMPONENTS - Disclosed is a coating for gas turbine components including at least one material having vibration-damping properties. Further disclosed is an airfoil of a gas turbine having damped vibrational characteristics including an airfoil substrate and a coating applied to the airfoil substrate including at least one material having vibration-damping properties. A method of damping vibration of a gas turbine component includes applying a coating including at least one material having damping properties to the turbine component. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100028133 | TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT DAMPING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF DAMPING VIBRATION OF A TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT - A turbomachine component includes a main body having a surface, and a damping structure mounted to the surface of the main body. The damping structure is formed from a material having a temperature dependent damping characteristic. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100061863 | AIRFOIL AND METHODS OF LASER SHOCK PEENING OF AIRFOIL - A blade for rotating equipment. The blade includes a root and an airfoil with a leading edge attached to the root. The blade may include a laser shot peened root patch extending along the leading edge and the root. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110162374 | ARTICLES HAVING DAMPING COATINGS THEREON - An article, such as a bucket, a blade, a nozzle, a vane, a strut, a fuel nozzle, a combustion casing, and a transition piece, the article having a damping coating comprising approximately 8 wt % to approximately 15 wt % Y | 07-07-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20120099961 | ROTARY MACHINE HAVING NON-UNIFORM BLADE AND VANE SPACING - A system, including a rotary machine including: a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, wherein the rotor comprises a plurality of blades having a non-uniform spacing about a circumference of the rotor. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099995 | ROTARY MACHINE HAVING SPACERS FOR CONTROL OF FLUID DYNAMICS - A system includes a rotary machine with a fluid flow path extending along an axis of the rotary machine, a plurality of airfoils disposed about the axis, and a plurality of spacers disposed about the axis. Each spacer of the plurality of spacers is disposed circumferentially between adjacent airfoils of the plurality of airfoils to define a circumferential spacing of the airfoils about the axis. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099996 | ROTARY MACHINE HAVING GROOVES FOR CONTROL OF FLUID DYNAMICS - A system includes a rotary machine including, a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, a plurality of axial grooves disposed along a circumference of the stator or the rotor, a plurality of blade segments disposed along the circumference, wherein each blade segment of the plurality of blade segments comprises a blade coupled to a mounting base supported in a respective axial groove of the plurality of axial grooves, and the plurality of blades has a non-uniform blade spacing about the circumference. | 04-26-2012 |