Method for optimizing mass and size characteristics of a high-pressure turbine disk

The article presents the results of weight and size optimization of a high-pressure turbine working disk for an augmented turbofan. The issues of modeling the operation of the engines first stage with a cover plate providing the delivery of cooling air to the blades are considered. Strength calculation of the stresses arising from the action of centrifugal forces under high-temperature conditions was carried out. A three-dimensional model of the disc was obtained. The finite element method was used. The pattern of temperature distribution in the disk body was obtained on the basis of heat calculation. Based on the strength calculation, the stresses and strains of the turbine disk were determined. Maximum stresses in the disc are located at the junction of the disc frontal area and the cooling air feed holes. Plastic deformation is observed in the area of the cavities for cooling air feed. It is shown that the stepped part of the disc should be made of a material with lower heat resistance and a higher value of permissible limit stress. Based on the study, a bimetallic disk design made by powder metallurgy was proposed

The problems of creating a propulsion system of a new generation supersonic passenger aircraft (review)

The problems of creating a propulsion system for a new generation supersonic passenger aircraft are considered on the basis of a review of the work on the supersonic transport being carried out in the world. It is shown that the desire to achieve high flight performance and commercial effectiveness of a supersonic passenger aircraft while meeting up-to-date environmental requirements leads to contradictory technical solutions regarding the propulsion system: the location and number of engines, the scheme of the air intake and nozzle, the choice of the scheme and design parameters of the engine, the use of new high-temperature materials in the engine hot section, etc. The features of the operating conditions of the engine components of a supersonic passenger aircraft in comparison with the engines of up-to-date subsonic civil aviation aircraft and supersonic military aircraft are indicated. The calculated estimates of the influence of various technical solutions on the parameters of the supersonic passenger aircraft engine are given. Due to the complexity and multi-criterion nature of the task of creating a supersonic passenger aircraft propulsion system, its solution requires an integrated approach based on close cooperation of specialists in airframe aerodynamics, engine, etc