LOW NOISE COMPRESSOR FOR GEARED GAS TURBINE ENGINE

摘要

A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan, a compressor section having a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor, a combustor section, and a turbine section having a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine for driving the low pressure compressor and the fan; a gear reduction effecting a reduction in the speed of the fan relative to a speed of the low pressure turbine and the low pressure compressor; and at least one stage of the compressor section having a ratio of vanes to blades that is greater than or equal to 1.8. The corrected tip speed of the blades is greater than or equal to 480 ft/sec at an approach speed.