Exhaust cone for channeling a stream of gas downstream from a turbine
View Patent ↗An exhaust cone of composite material. The exhaust cone is mounted to extend an adapter ring and it is held by an elastically deformable element that acts axially.
1. A channeling system for channeling an annular gas stream downstream from a turbine, the system comprising:
an exhaust cone defining the inside of said stream, said exhaust cone having an axis of symmetry that coincides with that of said stream, said exhaust cone is being made of composite material,
an adapter ring, said exhaust cone extending downstream of said adapter ring, and
an elastic stress device configured to act axially on said exhaust cone, and to urge said exhaust cone towards said adapter ring,
wherein said exhaust cone has a downstream portion defining a circular downstream opening centered on the axis of symmetry, and
wherein said elastic stress device comprises a support secured to said adapter ring, said support including an axial rod having its downstream end assembled to an elastically deformable element that is deformable axially, said elastically deformable element presenting an annular hook bearing against an edge of said circular opening.
2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said downstream end of said axial rod is provided with a threaded portion having an adjustment nut screwed thereon to co-operate with a central portion of said elastically deformable element to adjust an axial stress applied to said exhaust cone.
3. A system according to claim 2 , wherein said elastically deformable element includes a disk with a central hole in which said threaded portion is engaged, and a peripheral bellows extended by said annular hook.
4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said elastically deformable element is made of metal.
5. A system according to claim 4 , wherein a reentrant cover having a wall perpendicular to said axis and extended by a cylindrical portion is assembled to said elastically deformable element in the vicinity of said bellows, an annular band of said exhaust cone adjacent to said cylindrical portion being provided with a plurality of holes.
6. A system according to claim 4 , wherein a wall of said elastically deformable element is pierced by holes.
7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein an upstream edge of said exhaust cone is mounted to bear against a collar of said adapter ring.
8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein an upstream edge of said exhaust cone is assembled to said adapter ring by a plurality of tabs.
9. A system according to claim 1 , wherein an upstream edge of said exhaust cone is assembled to said adapter ring via an annular bellows.
10. A turbomachine, the turbomachine being fitted with a channeling system according to claim 1 .