Air discharge device for an aircraft
View Patent ↗An air discharge device includes a grid that is connected to an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft. The grid includes a number of openings delimited by intermediate zones that are arranged in the extension of the aerodynamic surface of the aircraft and at least one longitudinal reinforcement separating the openings into at least two stages. The dimensions and/or the surface ratio of the perforated zones that correspond to openings and non-perforated zones that correspond to intermediate zones or to the longitudinal reinforcement are such that they create a depression close to the air discharge.
1. An aircraft system comprising:
an air circuit extending from an air intake to an air discharge; and
a plate closing said air discharge,
said plate comprising a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, said plate having plural openings delimited by intermediate zones and at least one longitudinal reinforcement that separates said plural openings into at least two stages, said intermediate zones being a flat surface and said at least one longitudinal reinforcement being a flat surface coplanar with the flat surface of said intermediate zones and arranged to be an extension of the aerodynamic surface of the aircraft,
wherein a largest dimension of said intermediate zones is oriented perpendicular to said at least one longitudinal reinforcement,
wherein a pair of said plural openings, one from each of said two stages, perpendicular to and separated by said at least one longitudinal reinforcement have a same length in a direction perpendicular to said at least one longitudinal reinforcement, and
wherein a width of said at least one longitudinal reinforcement between said pair of plural openings is more than the length of one of said plural openings in said pair and less than twice this length.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said plural openings have the same length.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one longitudinal reinforcement has a divergent shape in a direction of flow of outside air.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein said openings are on both sides of a median axis, wherein a first edge of said longitudinal reinforcement has an angle of from 5° to 15° relative to the median axis and an opposite edge of said longitudinal reinforcement has an angle of from 5° to 15° relative to the median axis.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one longitudinal reinforcement has a convergent shape in a direction of flow of outside air.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said openings are on both sides of a median axis, wherein a first edge of said longitudinal reinforcement has an angle of from 5° to 15° relative to the median axis and an opposite edge of said longitudinal reinforcement has an angle of from 5° to 15° relative to the median axis.
7. An aircraft comprising the system of claim 1 .