Abstract: A turbine operable to convey a flow of exhaust gas along a central axis includes a strut having a flow portion positioned within the flow of exhaust gas and a strut cover having a length and positioned to surround the flow portion of the strut, the strut cover including a leading-edge portion, a mid-chord portion, and a trailing-edge portion. The mid-chord portion has a uniform cross-section, and the trailing-edge portion has a trailing-edge center positioned such that the mid-chord portion and the trailing-edge portion define a master chord plane. The leading-edge portion defines a leading-edge nose, and the leading-edge portion is twisted with respect to the master chord plane and the leading-edge nose along the length defines a curve that is not coincident with the master chord plane.

Abstract: A bearing system is configured to surround a rotor along a circumferential direction corresponding to the rotor. The rotor is extended along an axial direction co-directional to a centerline axis of the rotor. The bearing system includes a body from which a plurality of first support members is each extended, and wherein the plurality of first support members is spaced apart from one another along the circumferential direction. Each first support member includes a first axial support arm extended along the axial direction and a first radial support arm extended from the first axial support arm along a radial direction. The first radial support arm is configured to position a bearing element in contact with a bearing surface at the rotor.

Abstract: A blade comprises an airfoil having a root end and a tip. A metallic substrate is along at least a portion of the airfoil. An abrasive tip coating comprises an abrasive and an aluminum-based matrix. An aluminum-based base layer is between the tip coating and the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is an eco-friendly wind power generation apparatus that can perform power generation using wind by providing the blades of a wind power generator on a jib of a tower crane, and can perform wind power generation at the optimum altitude and in the optimum direction by automatically or manually performing the lifting or lowering and swing operation of a jib even when wind speed is insufficient because wind is not blowing, or perform wind power generation using artificial wind power generated by the operation of the jib, thereby generating a lot of electricity in necessary places and supply the electricity to all industrial sectors regardless of location and environment.

Abstract: A protective member configured as a protective member that is mountable to an aerial vehicle having a body and at least one rotor held on the body, and includes a plurality of support members that are connectable to the aerial vehicle and have a flexible member stretched between distal end portions thereof so as to surround an outside of the body in planar view, wherein at least one of the plurality of support members has a tension adjusting mechanism that is capable of adjusting a tension applied to the flexible member in a stretching direction, by changing a distance from a center of the body to the distal end portion.

Abstract: An engine defining a longitudinal axis includes: a turbomachine; a fan drivingly coupled with the turbomachine, the fan being a forward thrust fan and having: a hub; a plurality of fan blades, the plurality of fan blades comprising a first fan blade; and a flapping hinge integrated into the first fan blade or coupled to the fan blade, at least a portion of the first fan blade moveable about the flapping hinge to define a variable angle with the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An example hydraulic pump comprises: a housing; an input shaft extending from the housing; a seal disposed within the housing and positioned about the input shaft; and a seal guard member positioned about the input shaft and mounted to the housing at an interface between the input shaft and the housing, wherein the seal guard member is configured to allow rotation of the input shaft without rotating therewith.

Abstract: A turbofan engine has a fan drivingly engaged by a shaft for rotation about a rotation axis and having: fan blades circumferentially distributed about the rotation axis and drivingly engaged by the shaft; an ice-accruing feature located on a surface of the fan exposed to an air flow flowing between the fan blades, the ice-accruing feature having a shape providing a non-axisymmetric ice accumulation on the fan to create a rotational imbalance; a balancing feature secured to the fan or to the shaft to counteract the ice-accruing feature such that the fan is rotationally balanced when the fan is free of ice, the balancing feature being located such as to be outside the air flow; an aircraft controller; and a sensor operatively connected to the fan and operable to send a signal to the aircraft controller, the signal indicative of the rotational imbalance caused by the ice-accruing feature.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) body that includes an interior surface that defines a blind cavity. A barrier coating is disposed on an exterior of the CMC body. A ceramic body in the blind cavity lines at least a portion of the interior surface of the CMC body. The ceramic body defines an open, interconnected network of pores.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine engine part in which a first rough casting element includes a first face and a second face opposite to each other is assembled by the second face on an orifice which has a second element of the part. The method includes machining a through-cavity in the first element which opens at the first face and from the second face of the first element and machining the first face of the first element so as to form an area suitable for ensuring the attachment of a conduit on the first element. The machining of the cavity and of the first face is achieved by using a machining reference frame based on the second element.

Abstract: A convex type guide plate waterwheel energy increasing device with gradually dense holes is provided. The convex type guide plate waterwheel energy increasing device comprises fixed devices, a main diversion plate and auxiliary diversion plates, wherein an upwards convex arc structure is arranged on the top surface of the main diversion plate, gradually dense first through holes are formed in the main diversion plate from the middle to the two ends, the diameters of the first through holes are gradually increased, the auxiliary diversion plates are connected to the two sides of the main diversion plate, second through holes are formed in the auxiliary diversion plates, fixed devices are fixed to the two sides of the auxiliary diversion plates, and the fixed devices are used for fixing the main diversion plate and the auxiliary diversion plates to the riverbed.

Abstract: An aircraft propeller, including a propeller shaft and propeller blades or propeller airfoils secured on the propeller shaft, wherein an inlet-side flow channel and an outlet-side flow channel are introduced into each of the propeller blades or each of the propeller airfoils, wherein each inlet-side flow channel has an inlet opening and each outlet-side flow channel has an outlet opening on each of the propeller blades or propeller airfoils, wherein each inlet-side flow channel has a connection to the outlet-side flow channel of a respective other propeller blade or propeller airfoil such that air flowing in via the inlet-side flow channel flows out via the outlet-side flow channel of the respective other propeller blade or propeller airfoil, and wherein the inlet opening and the outlet opening of each propeller blade or propeller airfoil are arranged on different sides of the propeller blade or propeller airfoil.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a shaft, at least one contact bearing and at least one non-contact bearing and a controller. The controller is configured to control a magnitude of a restoring force applied to the shaft by the non-contact bearing in accordance with a sensed parameter such that a stiffness of the shaft is modified such that one or more resonance frequencies of the shaft are moved away from one or more external forcing frequencies.

Abstract: A multistage wind turbine or network of wind turbines with improved and optimized wind-directing, wind-shaping, and wind-power conversion features indicates that the shapes of these features directly affect the ability of the multistage wind turbine to use the power of moving air, such as wind, to spin a rotor and create torque on a rotor shaft to generate electricity. The wind-power-conversion mechanical efficiency described significantly improves upon previous designs by conversion of wind energy into electrical power at a superior price-to-performance ratio compared with existing alternative energy technologies.

Abstract: A variable guide vane control system comprises an actuator and a rolling contact joint. The joint includes a drive ring rotatable about a drive axis and at least one roller rotatable about a roller axis parallel to the drive axis and drivingly connectable to a vane. A first flexible member and a second flexible member connect the drive ring and the roller to one another. The first flexible member and the second flexible member are respectively tensioned when the drive ring rotates about the drive axis in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A mixed-flow turbine wheel includes: a plurality of rotor blades disposed on a circumferential surface of the hub at intervals in a circumferential direction and configured such that each of the plurality of rotor blades has a leading edge which includes, in a meridional view, an oblique edge portion where a distance between the leading edge and an axis of the rotational shaft decreases from a tip side toward a hub side, and a sensor detection surface having a flat shape and being applied with a marking which is detectable by an optical sensor device.

Abstract: A high-efficiency, hybrid fluid aeolipile is placed in the stream of a moving fluid, preferably air. Energy is extracted from the fluid stream by directing a portion of the stream through and, optionally, around the device. As the fluid flow moves through the device, it is directed into nozzles. These nozzles, which are free to pivot in a cyclical manner, employ the established phenomenon of “nozzle effect” to accelerate the velocity of the air-flow passing through them, which is ultimately ejected from each nozzle tip, producing thrust. This thrust, amplified by nozzle effect, drives the nozzles to pivot around a shared axis. The wind energy, thereby converted into cyclical motion, that may be used to perform useful work, is converted with greater efficiency than is possible in conventional blade-type wind turbines.

Abstract: A propeller includes a rotatable hub and at least two propeller blades coupled to the rotatable hub. Each of the propeller blades is formed from a combination of a first material having a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) and a second material having a positive Poisson's ratio (PPR). The first material and the second material can be layered or can be formed as a matrix with one of the first or second material embedded in the other. In a layered configuration, a layer of the first material is positioned between adjacent layers of the second material, and the layers can be connected by tabs of NPR material. The combination of the NPR and PPR materials improve the strength and impact resilience of the propeller blades compared to conventional materials.

Abstract: An integrated bearing assembly includes a thrust bearing disposed along a face of a turbocharger casing in a turbocharger and extending circumferentially around an axis of rotation of a rotor of the turbocharger, and a dual film journal bearing radially disposed between the rotor and the turbocharger casing which can be semi-floating or fully floating. The journal bearing includes a shoulder step radially extending away from the rotor. The shoulder step of the journal bearing engages one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing to prevent axial movement of the dual film journal bearing relative to the turbocharger casing.

Abstract: A gliding yaw bearing system for use in a wind turbine includes a first bearing assembly configured for being attached to a tower of the wind turbine, a second beating assembly configured for being attached to a nacelle of the wind turbine. An upwind section of the second bearing assembly is different from a downwind section of the second bearing assembly. A wind turbine utilizing the gliding yaw bearing system is also encompassed herein.