Provided is a supersonic aircraft including: a shield that shields an engine exhaust flow discharged from a jet engine accommodated in an engine nacelle mounted on a fuselage of the aircraft to thereby reduce sonic booms due to the engine exhaust flow; and an exhaust nozzle that is provided in an exhaust port of the engine nacelle and that generates a sound source for high-frequency components at a position at which the shield is capable of shielding the high-frequency components of the engine exhaust flow, to thereby reduce jet noise having the high-frequency components, and promotes mixing of the engine exhaust flow that generates low-frequency noise components with an external air flow to thereby reduce jet noise having the low-frequency components.

In a cowl for a nozzle, an internal wall has a cross-section with a determined abscissa on the axis defining a neck line on the internal wall. The cowl has, downstream of the determined abscissa, indentations in the trailing edge which delimit chevrons distributed in the circumferential direction. The internal wall of the cowl diverges radially towards the interior, in a second axial half-plane passing through the tip of a chevron, from the upstream tangent on the point of the neck line in the second axial half-plane, and the lines defining the internal wall of the cowl in any axial half-plane do not have a turning point downstream of the determined abscissa of the neck line.

In a cowl for a nozzle, an internal wall has a cross-section with a determined abscissa on the axis defining a neck line on the internal wall. The cowl has, downstream of the determined abscissa, indentations in the trailing edge which delimit chevrons distributed in the circumferential direction. The internal wall of the cowl diverges radially towards the interior, in a second axial half-plane passing through the tip of a chevron, from the upstream tangent on the point of the neck line in the second axial half-plane, and the lines defining the internal wall of the cowl in any axial half-plane do not have a turning point downstream of the determined abscissa of the neck line.

A propulsion unit includes a gas turbine engine arranged along an axis and an exhaust system coupled to the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes an engine core configured to discharge a core flow and a fan configured to be driven by the engine core to discharge a bypass flow. The exhaust system receives the mixed bypass and core flows from the gas turbine engine.

A propulsion unit includes a gas turbine engine arranged along an axis and an exhaust system coupled to the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes an engine core configured to discharge a core flow and a fan configured to be driven by the engine core to discharge a bypass flow. The exhaust system receives the mixed bypass and core flows from the gas turbine engine.

A propulsion unit includes a gas turbine engine arranged along an axis and an exhaust system coupled to the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes an engine core configured to discharge a core flow and a fan configured to be driven by the engine core to discharge a bypass flow. The exhaust system receives the mixed bypass and core flows from the gas turbine engine.

A propulsion unit includes a gas turbine engine arranged along an axis and an exhaust system coupled to the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes an engine core configured to discharge a core flow and a fan configured to be driven by the engine core to discharge a bypass flow. The exhaust system receives the mixed bypass and core flows from the gas turbine engine.

Aircraft engine exhaust systems enabling short aft fairings are described. An example turbofan engine exhaust system of an aircraft includes a primary nozzle having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a heat shield coupled to an aft strut fairing. The heat shield has an upstream end and a downstream end. The downstream end of the heat shield is substantially coterminous with the trailing edge of the primary nozzle.

Tail cone apparatus and methods for reducing nozzle surface temperatures of aircraft engines are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a tail cone to be coupled to an aircraft engine. The tail cone includes a central axis, a cone section, and a plurality of fins. The fins are spaced about the central axis and extend outwardly from an outer surface of the cone section.

Tail cone apparatus and methods for reducing nozzle surface temperatures of aircraft engines are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a tail cone to be coupled to an aircraft engine. The tail cone includes a central axis, a cone section, and a plurality of fins. The fins are spaced about the central axis and extend outwardly from an outer surface of the cone section.