Turbofan exhaust system
View Patent ↗A turbofan exhaust system includes at least one exhaust nozzle with a trailing edge having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner lateral edge-and an outer lateral edge. The upper edge is upstream with respect to the lower edge. The outer lateral edge of the exhaust nozzle is also upstream of the inner lateral edge. This arrangement makes it possible to reduce the noise perceived in the cabin of the aircraft at the same time as the noise perceived on the ground.
1. An exhaust nozzle for a turbofan exhaust system comprising:
a trailing edge, the trailing edge including an upper edge and a lower edge with respect to a horizontal plane passing through a main axis of the turbofan, and an inner lateral edge and an outer lateral edge with respect to a vertical plane passing through the main axis of the turbofan,
wherein endpoints of the upper edge and the lower edge intersect the horizontal plane,
wherein endpoints of the inner lateral edge and the outer lateral edge intersect the vertical plane,
wherein the upper edge is upstream with respect to the lower edge such that points on the upper edge are upstream of opposite corresponding points about the horizontal plane on the lower edge, and
wherein the outer lateral edge of the exhaust nozzle is upstream of the inner lateral edge such that points on the outer lateral edge are upstream of opposite corresponding points about the vertical plane on the inner lateral edge.
2. The nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge forms a plane of angle A 1 with a vertical direction of between 5 and 15°.
3. The nozzle as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the trailing edge forms a plane of angle A 2 with a horizontal direction of between 5 and 15°.
4. The nozzle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the angles A 1 and A 2 are equal.
5. A turbofan jet engine exhaust system having a separately exhausted primary stream and secondary stream and comprising an exhaust nozzle for the primary stream and an exhaust nozzle for the secondary stream, wherein at least one of the two exhaust nozzles is configured as claimed in claim 1 .
6. The exhaust system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein trailing edges of the exhaust nozzle for the primary stream and the secondary steam define exhaust planes, and the exhaust planes are parallel to each other.
7. A turbofan jet engine exhaust system having a mixed primary stream and secondary stream, wherein an exhaust nozzle for the mixed stream is configured as claimed in claim 1 .
8. A turbofan comprising an exhaust nozzle as claimed in claim 1 .
9. The nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is treated with a sound absorbent material.