Abstract: A method enables a gas turbine engine multi-domed combustor including an outer liner and an inner liner that define a combustion chamber therebetween to be assembled. The method comprises coupling a first dome including a heat shield that includes an annular endbody that extends a first distance axially from the heat shield to the combustor outer liner, and coupling a second dome including a heat shield that includes an annular endbody that extends a second distance axially from the heat shield to the first dome, such that the second dome is radially aligned with respect to the first dome, and wherein the second dome second distance is less than the first dome first distance.

Abstract: A method enables a gas turbine engine multi-domed combustor including an outer liner and an inner liner that define a combustion chamber therebetween to be assembled.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system, including apparatus and method, using a National Bureau of Standards (NBS) traceable laser velocimeter for in situ calibration of a traversing static pressure probe used to determine a velocity distribution in an air metering bellmouth for testing aircraft gas turbine engines. The invention is particularly useful for large fan-jet engines may be used to calibrate rake mounted probes capable of wall-to-wall stream static pressure survey measurements.

Abstract: A unitary retaining device is removably insertable into a connector. The retaining device includes a unitary wire having a first end integrally formed as a handle of any suitable geometric shape and a second end of which is radiused, wire shaped and annealed to improve its malleability for both insertion and removal from the connector. A coating may be applied to the surface of the wire to improve the insertion and extraction characteristics of the wire. The handle may be heat treated to improve its strength. The wire is insertable into a circumferential groove of the connector, with the handle protruding outwardly from the connector after insertion, to allow for extraction.