Inventors:
Mark W. Costa - Storrs CT, US
Jan B. Kowza - Coventry CT, US
Curt R. Hetherington - Newington CT, US
Wendy P. Lopardi - Tolland CT, US
Douglas Welch - Portland CT, US
Assignee:
Unied Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT
International Classification:
F01D 25/24
Abstract:
A turbine engine fan casing for containing a separated blade fragment comprising a support case having an axially extending impact zone, a substantially structurally continuous penetrable covering circumscribing the impact zone; and a containment covering circumscribing the penetrable covering. The containment covering comprises a textile fabric containing threads in a warp direction and a fill direction, wherein the threads in the warp direction are of a different denier than the threads in the fill direction.