Patent classifications
B64D2033/0226
Inlet cowl for a turbine engine
The disclosure is towards an inlet cowl for a turbine engine including a surface defining an inlet with a flow path and a method towards controlling the airflow in the flow path. The inlet cowl further includes an inlet lip and inner and outer barrels. The inlet lip confronts the inner barrel at a junction defining a gap.
Air intake system
An air intake system comprising an air duct suitable for providing airflow to the inside of an aircraft, preferably to an auxiliary power unit; an inlet arranged at one end of the air duct; a skin surrounding the inlet; a plurality of slots arranged on the skin; a driving arrangement, a flap door connected to the driving arrangement, and a plurality of fins connected to the driving means. The driving arrangement is configured for moving the flap door between at least two positions, the positions being a closed position wherein the flap door closes the inlet, and an opened position wherein the flap door is driven away from the closed position. The driving arrangement is also configured for moving the plurality of fins such that the plurality of fins protrudes through the slots.
NACELLE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING FLUID FLOWS IN A NACELLE
The invention relates to an engine nacelle, including: a nacelle wall that has an inner side and an outer side; an inlet lip that is embodied at that end of the engine nacelle that is formed upstream; and an engine intake that takes in the air required for the respective engine and that is formed by the inner side of the nacelle wall. It is provided that the nacelle wall includes an air-permeable structure that extends from the outer side to the inner side of the nacelle wall, and that is configured for passing air that flows against the outer side from the outer side to the inner side. The invention further relates to a method for influencing the flows inside an engine nacelle.
CANTILEVERED AIRFOILS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
Cantilevered airfoils and methods of forming the same are disclosed herein. An example airfoil disclosed herein includes an airfoil including an airfoil body including a first face and a second face, a first recessed portion formed in the first face and internal temperature-regulating features and a first insert disposed within the first recessed portion, the first insert causing the airfoil body to assume a first predefined curvature profile at a first temperature, the first insert causing the airfoil body to assume a second predefined curvature profile at a second temperature.
Adaptable flow control for engine nacelles
An inlet flow distortion control system employs a plurality of flow control devices forming at least one array integrated into an internal surface of the inlet. The at least one array extends over an azimuthal range relative to a normal flow axis of the inlet and has a plurality of circumferential rows spaced at increasing distance from a highlight of the inlet. A control system is operably connected to the flow control devices and adapted to activate flow control devices in selected subarrays of the array responsive to a predetermined flight condition.
Active laminar flow control plenum panel arrangements and installation methods
A panel for an active laminar flow control arrangement may comprise a longitudinal wall and one or more division walls extending from the longitudinal wall and extending between the first end and the second end. The panel may be coupled to a nacelle outer skin via a plurality of adhesive fasteners pre-installed onto an inner surface of the outer skin and onto stiffeners and/or stringers associated with the outer skin.
Nacelle for an aircraft aft fan
An aircraft defines a longitudinal direction and includes a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end along the longitudinal direction of the aircraft. An aft engine is mounted to the aft end of the fuselage. The aft engine further includes a nacelle including a forward section. An airflow duct extends at least partially through the nacelle of the aft engine and defines an outlet on the forward section of the nacelle for providing an airflow to the forward section of the nacelle.
Embedded engines in hybrid blended wing body
A hybrid wing aircraft has an engine embedded into a body of the hybrid wing aircraft. The embedded engine has a fan that is received within a nacelle. The body of the aircraft provides a boundary layer over a circumferential portion of a fan. A system delivers additional air to correct fan stability issues raised by the boundary layer.
Air intake of a turbojet engine nacelle comprising guide vanes
Disclosed is a method for using an aircraft turbojet engine comprising an air inlet comprising a plurality of rectifier vanes, each rectifier vane being mounted such that it can move between a retracted position to assist the thrust phase and a deployed position in which the rectifier vane protrudes from the inner wall in a radially inward direction in order to rectify the reverse air flow of the inner wall to assist a thrust-reverse phase, in which method at least one rectifier vane is in the retracted position during a turbojet engine thrust phase, the method comprising, during a thrust-reverse phase of the turbojet engine, a step of moving the rectifier vane to the deployed position.
Aircraft including a ducted rear thruster with an input stator having movable flaps
An aircraft including a fuselage and a propulsion assembly. The propulsion assembly includes at least one fan rotor placed behind the fuselage as an extension thereof along a longitudinal axis, and a nacelle which forms a fairing of the at least one fan rotor through which at least one air flow passes. The aircraft comprises a plurality of stator radial arms mounted upstream of the at least one fan rotor and extending between the fuselage and the nacelle. The radial arms comprise at least one variable-pitch movable portion configured to axially divert the air flow.