Airfoil trailing edge cooling

摘要

A turbine airfoil (13) includes a span wise extending cavity (35a) formed from a ceramic mold and a slot (34) extending from the cooling air cavity (35a) to a trailing edge (16) being formed by a refractory metal core (11). The refractory metal core (11) facilitates the reduction in the size of the slot (34) and also in the reduction in the size of pedestals (19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26) which pass transversely through the slot (34) to interconnect the pressure side to the suction side of the airfoil (13). The blade has a cutback feature to expose a back surface (35) on the inner side of the suction side wall (33) with raised projections (41) being formed on the back surface (35) so as to enhance heat transfer characteristics thereof. Provision is made for fabricating the raised projections (41) by way of a photo etching process.