Method for attenuating the noise of a turbofan
View Patent ↗A jet engine includes a hollow nacelle including a front air intake section and a rear air outlet section having outer and inner annular surfaces which converge to form a trailing edge. A fan opposite the front air intake section to generate a cold stream. A generator downstream of the fan, to generate an axial hot stream. A cowl system including a rear section with outer and inner annular surfaces which converge to form an outlet orifice for the hot stream. The trailing edge of the nacelle forms the outlet orifice for the cold stream. Blind notches attenuate the jet noise at the periphery of the outlet orifice for at least one of the streams. The notches cut into one of the convergent annular surfaces forming the outlet orifice without cutting into the other of the convergent annular surfaces.
1. A method for attenuating the jet noise of a turbofan engine comprising:
a hollow nacelle having a longitudinal axis and including a front air intake section, provided with a leading edge, and a rear air outlet section comprising an outer annular surface and an inner annular surface which converge toward one another to form a trailing edge;
a fan arranged in said nacelle opposite said front air intake section and designed to generate the cold stream of said turbofan engine;
a generator arranged in said nacelle, downstream of said fan, and designed to generate the axial hot stream of said turbofan engine; and
a cowl system surrounding said hot stream generator and including a rear section which comprises an outer annular surface and an inner annular surface which converge toward one another to form an outlet orifice for said hot stream, said cowl system defining with the nacelle a duct of annular cross section for said cold stream, and said duct being terminated by said rear air outlet section of the nacelle whose trailing edge forms the outlet orifice for said cold stream,
which method involves producing notches designed to attenuate the jet noise of said turbofan engine at the periphery of the outlet orifice for at least one of said streams, wherein said notches ( 27 , 31 , 40 ) are produced so as to be blind, given that they cut into one of said convergent annular surfaces forming said outlet orifice without cutting into the other of said convergent annular surfaces.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said blind notches ( 27 , 40 ) cut into said outer annular surface without cutting into said inner annular surface.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said blind notches ( 31 , 40 ) cut into said inner annular surface without cutting into said outer annular surface.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outlet orifice for the hot stream is provided with said blind notches ( 27 , 31 , 40 ).
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outlet orifice for the cold stream is provided with said blind notches ( 27 , 31 , 40 ).
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the outlet orifice for the hot stream and the outlet orifice for the cold stream are provided with said blind notches ( 27 , 31 , 40 ).
7. The method as claimed in claim 4 , applied to a turbofan engine in which said cowl system has ventilating air flowing through it that is intended to regulate the temperature of said hot stream generator, wherein said ventilating air escapes at least in part through said blind notches ( 27 , 31 ).
8. A turbofan engine for implementing the method specified in claim 1 , in which the outlet orifice for said stream is defined by a capping piece secured to said convergent outer and inner annular surfaces, wherein said blind notches ( 27 , 31 ) are formed by cutouts made in one of the faces of said capping piece.