Turbine shroud segment with serpentine cooling channels having a bend passage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5538393
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08381173

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A turbine shroud segment for use in a gas turbine engine includes a serpentine channel along at least one axial edge of the segment. Various construction details are developed that disclose a channel for efficiently flowing cooling fluid through an axial edge of a shroud segment. In a particular embodiment, a turbine shroud segment includes a leading edge serpentine channel having a bend passage which includes a purge hole to avoid separating flow in the bend passage.

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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CT 06032-2568

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Kane, Daniel E Tolland, CT 16 673
Sunshine, Robert W Hobe Sound, FL 6 108
Thompson, Ralph J Tolland, CT 9 390

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