Compressor impeller blade with variable elliptic connection
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1. A compressor impeller comprising:
- at least one blade connected to an impeller hub by a junction of curved shape, the blade extending along a chord defined between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, the junction presenting a shape that varies continuously along the chord,wherein the junction is a portion of an ellipse, andwherein, at the leading edge and at the trailing edge, the junction is tangential to the impeller hub and to a flank of the blade.
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Abstract
A compressor impeller including at least one blade connected to an impeller hub via a junction of curved shape, the blade extending along a defined chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade. The junction presents the shape of an ellipse that varies along the chord.
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1. A compressor impeller comprising:
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at least one blade connected to an impeller hub by a junction of curved shape, the blade extending along a chord defined between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, the junction presenting a shape that varies continuously along the chord, wherein the junction is a portion of an ellipse, and wherein, at the leading edge and at the trailing edge, the junction is tangential to the impeller hub and to a flank of the blade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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