Cooled gas turbine aerofoil

摘要

An internal fluid cooling system for a gas turbine aerofoil (2) comprises a plurality of multi-pass cooling arrangements each of which consists of a serpentine passage (50,52,54 & 48,56,58) in the interior of the aerofoil (2). The cooling fluid - in particular air - is supplied to an inlet end (22,24) of each passage (50,52,54 & 48,56,58) and exhausted through a multiplicity of discharge holes (60,62,64,68) to provide tip, leading edge, trailing edge and surface film cooling. The inlet end (22) of a first serpentine passage (50,52,54) is positioned close to the leading edge (26) and flows rearwards while the inlet end (24) of the second serpentine passage (48,56,58) is positioned close to the trailing edge (28) and flows forwards. These serpentine passages are disposed side-by-side, one adjacent the pressure surface (14) and the other adjacent the suction surface (16) on opposite sides of a main load carrying member (30) which comprises a major part of the internal structure (30,36,38,40,42,44) of the aerofoil (2).