ULTRA HIGH BYPASS ENGINE INTEGRATED FAN/COWL AND TRANSPORTATION/REMOVAL

摘要

13DV-9908 Method and apparatus for enabling transport of very 1arge diameter gas turbine engines by seperating the engine into a stator module and a rotor module, the rotor module including all of the turbine and compressor stages of the engine. In one form, the transportable stator module includes an integrated fan case, fan cowl, and inlet. The stator module supports at least a forward portion of the rotor module with a plurality of circumferentially spaced structural outlet guide vanes. The vanes are detachable at the rotor module interface to enable removal of the rotor module from the stator module. The fan blades are separable from the rotor module to allow separation of the rotor ant stator modules.