Patent ID: 6264429
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: F01D,F04D,F05D,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A compressor blade or vane, comprising a blade or vane section having:a) a blade or vane leading edge point;b) a blade or vane trailing edge point;c) a straight line section chord extending from said blade or vane leading edge point to said blade or vane trailing edge point and having a given length; andd) a suction surface profile with a convex curvature and a pressure surface profile opposite said suction surface profile, each of said profiles connecting said blade or vane leading edge point and said blade or vane trailing edge point, said suction surface profile having a radius of curvature at a suction surface intersection point with a reference straight line cutting said section chord at right angles at 5% of said given length, said radius of curvature being less than half of said given length of said straight line section chord.