An acoustic panel is provided that includes a perforated first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is between and connected to the perforated first skin and the second skin. The core includes a plurality of chambers, a first corrugated structure and a second corrugated structure. The chambers includes a first chamber. The first chamber extends from the perforated first skin, through the first corrugated structure and the second corrugated structure, to the second skin.

A propulsion assembly includes a fan and a fan case system disposed about the fan. The fan case system includes at least one perforated portion including a plurality of holes. The propulsion assembly further includes at least one acoustic panel mounted to the exterior surface of the fan case system coincident with the at least one perforated portion. The at least one acoustic panel includes a core including a plurality of cells extending between a first side of the core and a second side of the core. The at least one acoustic panel further includes a back skin attached to the second side of the core. The first side of the core is in contact with the exterior surface of the fan case system to form a plurality of resonant cavities defined by the plurality of holes, the plurality of cells, and the back skin.

A fan drive gear system for a turbofan engine is disclosed and includes a gear assembly and a front center body. The front center body is an annular case that supports the gear assembly. The front center body includes a passage portion that defines a portion of a core flow path, a forward flange configured for attachment to a first case structure forward of the front center body, and a gutter portion disposed on a radially inner side of the front center body for collecting lubricant exhausted from the geared assembly.

Disclosed are laminates comprising a carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet and a layer of polysilazane and methods for producing such laminates.

An acoustic treatment panel intended to be disposed on at least one wall of a turbojet in contact with a fluid flow, the panel comprising a first sheet, a second sheet parallel to the first sheet and having a first face intended to be in contact with a fluid flow and a second face facing the first sheet, and acoustic treatment cells extending between the first and second sheets and each including an enclosure and a cavity delimited by the enclosure. The enclosure of each cell comprises two openings facing one another, at least one of the openings being coincident with an opening of the enclosure of an adjacent cell.

A gas turbine engine article includes a ceramic body that defines a flange, first and second cooling passages partitioned from each other by the flange, a through-hole in the rib that connects the first and second cooling passages, a thermal insulation bushing that lines the through-hole.

A vibrational dampening element is attached to a component and configured to adjust the amplitude of oscillations of the component. The vibrational dampening element includes a mass. The mass includes a main body and a member extending from the main body. A casing that encapsulates the mass. A fluidic chamber defined between the mass and the casing. A first fluidic portion is disposed between a first side of the mass and the casing. The first fluidic portion includes a first accumulator portion directly neighboring the member. A second fluidic portion is disposed between a second side of the mass and the casing. The second fluidic portion includes a second accumulator portion directly neighboring the member. The first accumulator portion is in fluid communication with the second accumulator portion. The vibrational dampening element further includes a primary passage that extends between the first fluidic portion and the second fluidic portion.

Aero-acoustically damped bleed valves are disclosed. An example variable bleed valve apparatus comprises a variable bleed valve door to actuate the variable bleed valve apparatus, and a variable bleed valve port including an upstream edge and a downstream edge, the VBV port to define a secondary flowpath, the VBV door to cover the VBV port in a closed position, and a vortex device at the upstream edge of the variable bleed valve port, the vortex device including a vorticity generating feature along the upstream edge of the variable bleed valve port.

A panel for attenuating noise is disclosed comprising a face skin having a first inner surface, a base skin having a second inner surface, a cellular core connected to and forming a plurality of cells between the face skin and the base skin, wherein the cellular core is defined by a cell structure having a plurality of cell walls extending between the face skin and the base skin defining each of the plurality of cells and a septum disposed within each of the plurality of cells, the septum defining an upper chamber proximate the face skin and a lower chamber proximate the base skin, wherein the face skin comprises a plurality of perforations fully through the face skin and in fluid communication with the upper chamber.

A unit cell (26) for use in a damping system (24) includes: an impacting structure (34); a cavity (32) encapsulating the impacting structure (34), the cavity (32) including a first hemisphere (32A) and a second hemisphere (32B), the cavity (32) disposed within a substrate (28), the substrate (28) forming an outer casing of the cavity (32); and at least one fluid (36) disposed in each of the first and second hemispheres (32A, 32B) between the impacting structure (34) and the outer casing (28).