General Electric Company
Impact force dispersal assembly for turbine engines and methods of fabricating the same

Abstract:

A composite fan casing for a turbine engine includes a core including a plurality of core layers of reinforcing fiber bonded together with a resin. The core includes a first surface and an opposing second surface. The fan casing also includes a shock dispersion panel coupled to the first surface, wherein the shock dispersion panel is configured to disperse a shock wave caused by an impact on the second surface to prevent separation of the plurality of core layers.