A gas turbine engine includes a core and a tie shaft. The tie shaft is rotatable about an axial direction of the gas turbine engine by the core of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a modular fan having a plurality of fan blades and a frame. The plurality fan blades are attached to the frame and the frame is slidably received on the tie shaft of the gas turbine engine. The modular fan additionally includes an attachment member removably attaching the frame to the tie shaft of the gas turbine engine to removably install the modular fan in the gas turbine engine.
MODULAR FAN FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
VENTILATEUR MODULAIRE DESTINE A UN MOTEUR DE TURBINE A GAZ
2017-05-17
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch