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.

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.

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.

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.

The present invention discloses an internal-parallel inlet with mode conversion combined with variable geometry adjustment, which comprises a high-speed channel, a low-speed channel, a mode conversion component, a variable geometry component and a motor actuating component. When the inlet is in a low-speed mode, the variable geometry component adjusts the throat area and the internal contraction ratio of the inlet. When the flight Mach number is in a range of the mode conversion Mach number, the mode conversion component and the variable geometry component work simultaneously. When the inlet is in a high-speed mode, the mode conversion component is combined with the variable geometry component to adjust the throat area and the internal contraction ratio of the inlet. The present invention also provides a method for controlling the inlet.

The present invention discloses an internal-parallel inlet with mode conversion combined with variable geometry adjustment, which comprises a high-speed channel, a low-speed channel, a mode conversion component, a variable geometry component and a motor actuating component. When the inlet is in a low-speed mode, the variable geometry component adjusts the throat area and the internal contraction ratio of the inlet. When the flight Mach number is in a range of the mode conversion Mach number, the mode conversion component and the variable geometry component work simultaneously. When the inlet is in a high-speed mode, the mode conversion component is combined with the variable geometry component to adjust the throat area and the internal contraction ratio of the inlet. The present invention also provides a method for controlling the inlet.

An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This aircraft propulsion system assembly includes an aircraft propulsion system component with a leading edge. The aircraft propulsion system assembly also includes artificial ice attached to the aircraft propulsion system component. The artificial ice at least partially covers and extends longitudinally along the leading edge.

A diffuser may comprise an inlet and an outlet. The inlet may comprise an arcuate shape. The outlet may comprise an annular shape. The diffuser may transition from the arcuate shape at the inlet to the annular shape at the outlet. The diffuser may comprise a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall disposed opposite the radially inner wall. The radially inner wall and the radially outer wall may partially define a duct.

A diffuser may comprise an inlet and an outlet. The inlet may comprise an arcuate shape. The outlet may comprise an annular shape. The diffuser may transition from the arcuate shape at the inlet to the annular shape at the outlet. The diffuser may comprise a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall disposed opposite the radially inner wall. The radially inner wall and the radially outer wall may partially define a duct.

A turboprop including a propeller including a blade extending in a direction, which also includes a root, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a wing tip, and an inner air stream channel, wherein the inner air stream channel includes an inlet located at the root of the blade and an outlet leading to the trailing edge of the blade transversely directed in relation to the main elongation direction, such that an inner stream of air flowing in the inner air stream channel by entering via the inlet adjacent to the root of the blade is discharged via the outlet adjacent to the trailing edge of the blade by forming a stream of blown air that moves away from the trailing edge in a direction which is transverse to the main elongation direction and which has a component in the direction of a skeleton line of the blade at the trailing edge.