Patent ID: 8668446
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A supersonic compressor rotor comprising: a rotor disk comprising an upstream surface, a downstream surface, and a radially outer surface that extends between said upstream surface and said downstream surface, said radially outer surface comprising an inlet surface, an outlet surface, and a transition surface extending between said inlet surface and said outlet surface, said rotor disk defining a centerline axis; a plurality of vanes coupled to said radially outer surface, adjacent said vanes forming a pair and oriented such that a flow channel is defined between each said pair of adjacent vanes, said flow channel extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said inlet surface defining an inlet plane extending between said inlet opening and said transition surface, said outlet surface defining an outlet plane extending between said outlet opening and said transition surface that is not parallel to said inlet plane; and at least one supersonic compression ramp comprising a trailing edge defining a uniform throat positioned within said flow channel to facilitate forming at least one compression wave within said flow channel.