Methods and apparatus for passive fan blade tip clearance control

    公开(公告)号:US12173616B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US18154556

    申请日:2023-01-13

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for passive fan blade tip clearance control. A fan blade for a gas turbine engine, the fan blade comprising a fan blade body including a tip region at a blade tip of the fan blade body and a blade tip insert disposed within the tip region of the fan blade body, the blade tip insert is formed from a material that passively adjusts a shape of the blade tip insert to maintain a blade tip clearance between the blade tip and an engine casing or nacelle by at least one of expanding or contracting based on temperature.

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