TURBINE COMPONENT THERMAL BARRIER COATING WITH CRACK ISOLATING, CASCADING, MULTIFURCATED ENGINEERED GROOVE FEATURES

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15547655

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Turbine engine (80) components, such as blades (92), vanes (104, 106), ring segment 110 abradable surfaces 120, or transitions (85), have furcated engineered groove features (EGFs) (403, 404, 418, 509, 511, 512) that cut into the outer surface of the component's thermal barrier coating (TBC). In some embodiments, the EGF planform pattern defines adjoining outer hexagons (560, 640, 670, 690, 710). In some embodiments, the EGF pattern further defines within each outer hexagon (560, 640, 670, 690, 710) a planform pattern of adjoining inner polygons (570, 580, 590, 600, 610, 680, 682, 700, 702, 704, 705, 720). At least three respective groove segments (509, 511, 512) within the EGF pattern (506, 507, 508) converge at each respective outer hexagonal vertex (510, 564) or inner polygonal vertex (574, 564, 604, 614) in a multifurcated pattern, so that crack-inducing stresses are attenuated in cascading fashion, as the stress (σA) is furcated (σB, σC) at each successive vertex juncture.

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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTWERNER-VON-SIEMENS-STRASSE 1 MUENCHEN 80333

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Kadau, Kai Lake Wylie, US 18 73
Pascual-Gutierrez, Jose Antonio Charlotte, US 2 27
Sharma, Atin Charlotte, US 5 28

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