Patent ID: 11927348
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 8:
9. A method of manufacturing an aerodynamic component to be fittable to a shell in a gas turbine engine, method comprising:
forming materials of the aerodynamic component into a body having an initial shape that deviates from a shape of the shell; and
deforming the body to assume a second shape that corresponds to the shape of the shell,
the forming of the materials of the aerodynamic component into the body having the initial shape being executed such that deviation of the initial shape from the shape of the shell aids in an assumption of the second shape by the body,
wherein one of:
the shell is an inner diameter shell with a substantially uniform radius of curvature, the shell comprises an exterior surface to which the aerodynamic component is fittable, the forming is executed such that the body has a radius of curvature, which is similar to the substantially uniform radius of curvature of the combustor shell at one of a central point of the body and which decreases toward opposite edges of the body and an edge of the body and which increases toward an opposite edge of the body, and the deforming is executed such that the body has a substantially uniform radius of curvature similar to the substantially uniform radius of curvature of the shell, and
the shell is an outer diameter shell with a substantially uniform radius of curvature, the shell comprises an interior surface to which the aerodynamic component is fittable, the forming is executed such that the body has a radius of curvature, which is similar to the substantially uniform radius of curvature of the combustor shell at a central point of the body and which increases toward opposite edges of the body and an edge of the body and which increases toward an opposite edge of the body, and the deforming is executed such that the body has a substantially uniform radius of curvature similar to the substantially uniform radius of curvature of the shell.