TURBINE ENGINE AND LOAD REDUCTION DEVICE THEREOF

摘要

A fan rotor apparatus includes: a rotatable fan disk defining a central aperture and carrying an array of airfoil-shaped fan blades around its periphery, the disk having a forward end and an aft end; and an annular, generally axially-extending forward fan shaft extending through the aperture and coupled to the fan disk for rotation therewith, where the forward fan shaft joins the fan disk at or near the forward end.