IP Library Granted Patent US 8,167,232
Granted Patent B2
US 8,167,232 · App. 12/440,354 · Granted May 1, 2012

Device that makes it possible to improve the effectiveness of the acoustic treatments in a pipe of an aircraft power plant

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Patent No.
US 8,167,232
App. No.
12/440,354
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for improving the effectiveness of the acoustic treatment(s) in an aircraft propulsion unit that includes a pipe ( 36 ) into which a gas stream flows, whereby the pipe ( 36 ) is delimited by two approximately concentric inside walls ( 40 ) and outside walls ( 42 ), wherein the device includes at least one partition ( 38, 38′ ) that extends over at least one portion of the length of the pipe ( 36 ) between the inside and outside walls ( 40, 42 ) and in that the profile of at least one wall ( 44, 46 ) of the at least one partition ( 38, 38′ ) is defined so as to increase the number of reflections of an acoustic beam on at least one of the inside and/or outside walls ( 40, 42 ) of the pipe and/or on at least one of the walls ( 44, 46 ) of the at least one partition ( 38, 38′ ).

Claims (11)

1. An aircraft nacelle comprising:

a pipe ( 22 , 36 ) into which a gas stream flows, whereby said pipe ( 22 , 36 ) is delimited by two approximately concentric inside walls ( 40 ) and outside walls ( 42 ), covered at least partially by a coating whose purpose is to absorb a portion of sound energy,

wherein at least one partition ( 38 , 38 ′) extends over at least one portion of a length of the pipe ( 22 , 36 ) between said inside and outside walls ( 40 , 42 ) and a profile of each of two walls ( 44 , 46 ) of said at least one partition ( 38 , 38 ′) comprises a convex portion, and on each side of said convex portion a concave portion oriented towards the inside wall of the pipe and a concave portion oriented towards the outside wall of the pipe to increase the number of reflections of an acoustic beam on the coating to absorb a portion of the sound energy.

2. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the two walls ( 44 , 46 ) of the partition or the at least one junction ( 38 , 38 ′) comprises an acoustic coating whose purpose is to absorb a portion of the sound energy.

3. The aircraft that comprises a nacelle according to claim 1 .

4. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two walls are opposite each other in a vertical axis of said at least one junction.

5. An aircraft nacelle comprising:

a secondary pipe ( 36 ), into which a gas stream flows, whereby said pipe ( 36 ) is delimited by two approximately concentric inside walls ( 40 ) and outside walls ( 42 ), covered at least partially by a coating whose purpose is to absorb a portion of sound energy, and, at least one junction ( 38 , 38 ′) that extends in a radial plane over at least a portion of a length of said pipe ( 36 ), wherein a profile of each of two walls ( 44 , 46 ) of said at least one junction ( 38 , 38 ′) comprises a convex portion, and on each side of said convex portion a concave portion oriented towards the inside wall of the pipe and a concave portion oriented towards the outside wall of the pipe to increase the number of reflections of an acoustic beam on the coating to absorb a portion of the sound energy.

6. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 5 , wherein the two walls ( 44 , 46 ) of a partition or the junction ( 38 , 38 ′) comprises an acoustic coating whose purpose is to absorb a portion of the sound energy.

7. The aircraft that comprises a nacelle according to claim 5 .

8. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 5 , wherein the each of the two walls are opposite each other in a vertical axis of said at least one junction.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 18, 2011
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 026298/0269 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2009
From: GANTIE, FABRICE; DRUON, YANN
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 022914/0672 →