Device for mounting an air-flow dividing wall in a turbojet engine afterburner
View Patent ↗A device for mounting a dividing wall for separating the main air stream and the bypass air in a bypass turbojet engine afterburner is disclosed. The device includes an attachment unit which attaches the upstream end of the wall to a guide vane casing and a supporting unit which supports the downstream end of the wall provided on flame holder arms of the afterburner radially on the inside of the dividing wall.
1. An afterburner for a bypass turbojet engine, comprising:
a dividing wall which separates a main air stream from bypass air, the wall including an upstream cylindrical portion and a downstream conical portion, the downstream conical portion being flared outward in a downstream direction;
an attachment unit which attaches the upstream cylindrical portion to an external casing; and
flame holder arms which extend radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the afterburner, the flame holder arms pass through orifices or notches provided on the downstream conical portion,
wherein each flame holder arm includes
a flange which extends inside the downstream conical portion so as to present a surface for supporting an edge of a corresponding orifice or notch in the downstream conical portion, and
a cylindrical rim substantially coaxial with the arm which is provided on the flange and extends radially outward in the orifice or the notch in the downstream conical portion and along the edge of the orifice or of the notch, and
wherein small bridges attached to a downstream end of the downstream conical portion abut against a cylindrical sleeve which provides thermal protection to an afterburner jetpipe.
2. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rim provided on the flange is tall enough to prevent hot gases from the main air stream from entering means of ventilation of the flame holder arm.
3. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rim extends along the upstream edge of the flange and along at least part of the downstream edge of the flange.
4. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flange is formed as a single piece with the flame holder arm or is attached to the flame holder arm.
5. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rim is attached to lateral lugs which fix the flame holder arm to the casing.
6. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the part of the arm that extends radially inside the flange has an aerodynamic profile to guarantee that the gas flow around the arm is clean and stable.
7. A bypass turbojet engine which comprises an afterburner as claimed in claim 1 .
8. A flame holder arm in combination with the afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , comprising, at one end, fixing lugs and which comprises, at the base of these lugs, a substantially radial external flange formed with a cylindrical rim attached to the fixing lugs.
9. The flame holder arm as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the flange is formed as one piece with the arm or is attached thereto.
10. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a housing which attaches a burner ring to the flame holder arm is provided on the flame holder arm radially inward of the flange.
11. The afterburner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a gap is provided between the bridges and the downstream end of the downstream conical portion and ends of the bridges are attached to the downstream end of the downstream conical portion.
12. The afterburner as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the ends of the bridges are attached to the downstream end of the downstream conical portion by welding or brazing.