Patents by Inventor Venumadhava Ponnala

Venumadhava Ponnala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PERFORMING VANE CLASSIFICATION FOR TURBINE ENGINES USING STRUCTURED LIGHT THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SCANS
    Publication number: 20240037909
    Abstract: An example method for vane classification includes scanning, using a structured light scanner, a vane for a turbine engine to capture three-dimensional (3D) data about the vane. The method further includes generating a point cloud from the 3D data about the vane. The method further includes connecting, using a processing system, points of the point cloud to generate a mesh surface. The method further includes determining, using the processing system, an airflow for an airfoil of the vane based at least in part on the mesh surface. The method further includes constructing the turbine engine based at least in part on the airflow for the airfoil of the vane without reference to an adjacent airfoil of the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kun Tong, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Venumadhava Ponnala, Andres Diaz Alvarado