Patent ID: 9133715
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: F01D,F05D,F23R

Abstract:
1. A turbine engine component having a flow path wall and a support wall, said turbine engine component comprising: a plurality of discrete cooling compact heat exchangers embedded within said turbine engine component; and each of said cooling compact heat exchangers having a pedestal array comprising a plurality of pedestals and means within said pedestal array for preventing modal crossing in operation range and for preventing panel bulging, wherein said modal crossing and panel bulging preventing means further comprises means for connecting said flow path wall with at least one outer diameter support structure, wherein said modal crossing and panel bulging preventing means comprises at least one structural member comprising a merger of multiple pedestals and having a non U-shaped polygonal shape, and wherein each said structural member is surrounded on all sides by at least one of said pedestals.