Blade Tip

+Stage 1 Hub or Root

Stage 2 Combustor
S S
S IR R
R R
R
IGV R

-Attachment
to Shaft

Drum Drum
Disk
Attachment
Shaft
 I

(a) Rotor with Blades (b) Stator "Can" (c) Assembled Rotor and Stator
of Pratt & Whitney
Figure 6.2 Three-dimensionalview of rotor and stator blades and disks (courtesy
Aicraft).
 (a) Fir Tree
(courtesy of Rolls-Royce)

(b) Bulb of Westinghouse J30 (c) "Loose"

(photo by R. Flack) (courtesy of Rolls-Royce)
Figure6.3 Attachment of a rotor blade to disk.
Sure 6.4 Rolls-Royce RB 211 high-pressure compressor (courtesy of Rolls-Royce).
 Fan Low-Press ure High-Pressure
(Compressor (LPC) Compressor (HPC)

Splitter
HPIGV Combustor
IGV LPIGV
R S S S
R S R R R
S R R

-Attachment
to Shaft

Disk LP Drum HP Drum Hollow High

Attachment Speed Shaft
Low-Speed Shaft

Antifrictlon Bearing
Figure 6.5 Twin-spool turbofan.
$2
I/Component Analysis

"o"

mlet Guide Vanes

(GVs)
""
stagger
Rotor 1

"2*

Stator 1

"
Rotor 2

Stator 2
/
Figure 6.6a Cascade view of blades and vanes with
pressure profiles.

A,inlet

exit

Figure 6.6b Areas in a blade passage.