Patent ID: 11885234
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A turbomachine comprising:
a shroud;
a hub spaced apart from the shroud, the hub and the shroud configured to channel an airflow along a direction;
a plurality of airfoils coupled between the shroud and the hub, at least one airfoil of the plurality of airfoils including a leading edge spaced apart from a trailing edge in the direction of the airflow, a pressure side opposite a suction side, and a span defined as 0% at the hub and 100% at the shroud; and
a plurality of local vortex generator arrays defined on the suction side so as to extend onto the hub or the shroud, the plurality of local vortex generator arrays defined downstream of the leading edge, the plurality of local vortex generator arrays include at least a plurality of first flow features and a plurality of second flow features arranged in pairs, and one of the plurality of local vortex generator arrays is defined on the suction side between 0% span and less than or equal to 40% span.