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Various embodiments of the invention include turbine buckets and systems employing such
buckets. Various particular embodiments include a turbine bucket having: an airfoil having: a …

Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using
an airfoil profile and/or an endwall contour including at least one of a pressure side bump, a …

A contoured turbine airfoil assembly including an end wall (30 a) formed by platforms (30)
located circumferentially adjacent to each other, and a row of airfoils (34 a, 34 b) integrally …

BACKGROUND The locus of stagnation points of the incident combustion 5 gases extends
along the leading edge of each airfoil, and The present disclosure relates generally to gas …

Warnick LLC (57) ABSTRACT Various embodiments of the invention include turbine nozzles
and systems employing Such noZZles. Various par ticular embodiments include a turbine …

Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using
a particular profile for a turn of a cooling passage in an airfoil. By blending aspects of …

Various embodiments of the invention include turbine buck ets and systems employing Such
buckets. Various particular embodiments include a turbine bucket having: a base includ ing …

A rotor blade includes an airfoil having a blade tip and a tip cavity formed at the blade tip.
The tip cavity includes a tip cap that is recessed radially inwardly from the tip and …

Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using
a particular airfoil profile, which can be used to determine a throat between adjacent airfoils …