General Electric Company
Thermal stress relief of a component

Abstract:

A component for a gas turbine engine includes a hot side wall, a plurality of connection walls, and a cold side wall. The hot side wall is exposed to a core air flowpath defined by the gas turbine engine. The cold side wall is spaced from the hot side wall and rigidly connected to the hot side wall through the plurality of connection walls. The hot side wall, connection walls, and cold side wall together define a cooling air cavity. The cold side wall defines a thermal stress relief slot for at least partially accommodating a relative thermal expansion between the hot side wall and the cold side wall to reduce an amount of thermal stress within the component during operation of the component.