Integrated strut and turbine vane nozzle arrangement

摘要

An integrated strut and turbine vane nozzle (ISV) arrangement according to an embodiment, includes a single-piece interturbine duct (ITD) and a plurality of vane nozzle segments removably attached to the ITD. Vane airfoils of the vane nozzle segments in combination with trailing edge portions of the struts, form a vane nozzle integrated with the ITD.

主权项

1. An integrated strut and turbine vane nozzle (ISV) arrangement for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
an interturbine duct (ITD) including inner and outer annular duct walls arranged concentrically about an axis and defining an annular flow passage therebetween, an array of circumferentially spaced apart struts extending radially across the annular flow passage, each of the struts having an airfoil profile with a leading edge and a trailing edge portion, the inner and outer annular duct walls each defining a plurality of receivers in respective downstream end sections of the inner and outer annular duct walls, each of the receivers being circumferentially located between adjacent struts, each of the receivers including a pair of opposed axial surfaces circumferentially facing each other, the receivers in the inner or outer duct wall further including at least one axially extending slot; a plurality of vane nozzle segments, each of the vane nozzle segments including an inner ring segment, an outer ring segment and a plurality of spaced apart vane airfoils extending between and interconnecting the inner and outer ring segments, the vane nozzle segments being removably received in the respective receivers of the ITD between the opposed axial surfaces of the receivers, the inner or outer ring segment of each of the vane nozzle segments having at least one lug slidably axially engaged in the at least one axially extending slot of an associated one of the receivers, the vane nozzle segments cooperating with the downstream end section of the inner and outer annular duct walls to provide a vane nozzle integrated with the ITD, the vane airfoils of the vane ring segments in combination with trailing edge portions of the respective struts forming an array of nozzle openings in a downstream end section of the annular flow passage, and a retaining ring mounted in a circumferential groove defined in the inner or outer annular duct wall of the ITD, the retaining ring axially retaining the vane nozzle segments in the receivers.