IP Library Granted Patent US 8,037,967
Granted Patent B2
US 8,037,967 · App. 12/523,059 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Acoustic treatment device for turbine and combustion noises

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Patent No.
US 8,037,967
App. No.
12/523,059
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic treatment device for an internal primary ejection duct from a turbojet pod, including an upstream zone and a downstream zone relative to an airflow direction in the primary ejection duct, the upstream and downstream zones being located on each side of a separating wall with a first face on the side of the upstream side and a second face on the side of the downstream side. The separating wall is a micro-porous wall and the face of the separating wall located on the side of the downstream side is covered by a honeycomb structure to attenuate high frequency acoustic waves. Such a device may find application to treatment of combustion and turbine noises.

Claims (16)

1. An acoustic treatment device for an internal structure of a primary ejection duct from a turbojet pad, comprising:

an upstream zone and a downstream zone relative to an airflow direction in the primary ejection duct, the upstream zone including a perforated outside wall to allow acoustic waves to enter and the downstream zone including a solid outside wall, the upstream and downstream zones being located on each side of a separating wall with a first face on the side of the upstream zone and a second face on the side of the downstream zone,

wherein the separating wall has a perforation ratio of fifteen percent or less, and a micro-porosity of the separating wall and a honeycomb structure attenuate high frequency acoustic waves that cover the face of the separating wall in the downstream zone.

2. A device according to claim 1 , in which the honeycomb structure comprises at least one cellular layer and the cellular layer furthest from the separating wall is covered by an acoustic reflector.

3. A device according to claim 2 , in which the honeycomb structure comprises at least two layers of stacked cells, and two adjacent layers of stacked cells are separated from each other by a micro-porous separating wall like the separating wall which separates the upstream zone and the downstream zone.

4. A device according to claim 3 , in which the cells in the different cell layers have different thicknesses in different layers to attenuate acoustic waves from different frequency bands.

5. A device according to claim 1 , in which the honeycomb structure is made of a metal capable of resisting hot ejection temperatures.

6. A device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a perforation in the outside wall of the structure;

an additional honeycomb structure capable of attenuating high frequency acoustic waves, and that covers an internal face of the outside wall; and

an acoustic reflector that covers the additional honeycomb structure, in the zone downstream from the structure.

7. A device according to claim 1 , in which the upstream zone comprises a plurality of Helmholtz resonators for attenuation of low frequency acoustic waves.

8. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the perforation ratio of the separating wall is five percent.

9. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the perforation ratio of the separating wall is fifteen percent.

10. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the perforation ratio of the separating wall is approximately five percent.

11. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the perforation ratio of the separating wall is approximately fifteen percent.

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 22, 2009
From: MERCAT, FLORENT
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 022987/0109 →