Rolls-Royce Holdings

About: Rolls-Royce Holdings is a company organization based out in Derby, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Turbine & Gas compressor. The organization has 4027 authors who have published 6305 publications receiving 80517 citations. The organization is also known as: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.

Variable camber stator vane

Abstract: Conventionally gas turbine engine compressors have fixed inlet guide vanes to give a predetermined swirl to incoming air at an engine design speed, so that air enters the compressor at an optimum angle. At speeds much lower, for example, than the design speed the guide vane is less efficient. The guide vanes are thereby made variable in camber. Each vane comprises a number of spanwise hinged members which can be moved relative one to another to vary the vane camber.

Cooling air flow control device for a gas turbine engine

Abstract: A cooling air flow control device for a gas turbine engine, the cooling air flow control device comprising a component, a cooling passage defined within the component and a shaped memory metal valve, the shaped memory metal valve disposed in the cooling passage to regulate, in use, the flow rate of a cooling air flow supplied, in operation, through the cooling passage wherein the shaped memory metal valve operates by changing shape to control the flow rate of the cooling air flow in response to the temperature of the component.

Cooled vane or blade for a gas turbine engine

Abstract: A cooled vane or blade for a gas turbine engine has a cooling arrangement for its trailing region which can be accommodated in the relatively thin section available. In this arrangement the trailing region of the hollow interior of the blade is divided off from the remainder by a partition which may be apertured to allow cooling air to enter the compartment thus formed. The concave, pressure flank of the compartment is cooled by arrays of film cooling holes while the convex, suction flank has a perforated plate spaced therefrom to provide impingement cooling. The suction flank is therefore unapertured and there is no disturbance of the high speed airflow in this region. The spent impingement air leaves the aerofoil via a slot and may pass over pedestals en route to cool the entire trailing edge.

Finite element process modelling of inertia friction welding advanced nickel-based superalloy

Abstract: A sequentially coupled thermal and mechanical finite element (FE) model has been developed to describe inertia friction welding (IFW) using the DEFORM 8.2 package. All modelling and experimental work was undertaken on inertia friction welds made from RR1000, which is an advanced high γ′ content nickel-based superalloy. The accuracy of the thermal predictions has been assessed by an analysis of γ′ distribution across the weld region as compared to those recorded during prescribed thermal simulations, while the mechanical model has been validated by comparing predicted and measured upsets and weld pressures. Finally the residual stress predictions have been compared against measurements (by neutron diffraction). In all cases excellent agreement was found between predicted and experimental data. This exercise revealed that the clamping forces applied during the welding process may have a strong influence on the axial stress field. The validated model was then used to study the effect of welding pressure on material flow, thermal history and residual stresses. The work shows that with increasing weld pressure the width of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is reduced, while the peak temperature and strain rate is increased. In addition the peak stresses in the hoop direction near the weldline were found to be largely unaffected by the weld pressure. However, for lower welding pressures a broader high tensile hoop stress region was found in accordance with the increased HAZ.