Nacelle for double flow engine
View Patent ↗A nacelle for double-flow engine with a cowling and at least one thrust reverser, the thrust reverser having an internal door and an external door arranged in the cowling, and means for simultaneously shifting these doors between a stable retracted position in which the doors are integrated in the cowling and a stable deployed position in which the internal and external doors are positioned at least partially inside and outside of the nacelle, respectively, to deflect the secondary flow and to generate a thrust reversal. The means for simultaneously shifting the doors comprise an actuator, one extremity of which is linked to one of the doors to shift this door between the extreme positions, and at least one linkage element linked to the doors to pivot by its extremities, so that the shifting of the door entails the shifting of the other door between these extreme positions.
1. A nacelle for a double-flow engine with a cowling and at least one thrust reverser, said thrust reverser having an internal door and an external door arranged in said cowling, and means for simultaneously shifting said doors between a stable retracted position in which the doors are integrated in said cowling and a stable deployed position in which said internal and external doors are positioned at least partially inside and outside of said nacelle, respectively, to deflect to the outside, a secondary flow which circulates inside the nacelle around the engine and to generate a thrust reversal, wherein:
said means for simultaneously shifting said doors comprise an actuator, one extremity of which is linked to one of said doors to shift this door between said extreme positions, and at least one linkage element linked to said doors to pivot by its extremities, so that the shifting of said door entails the shifting of the other door between said extreme positions,
said actuator and said linkage element are so arranged that when said internal and external doors are in the deployed position, said external door is positioned vis-à-vis the internal door essentially parallel to said internal door, and
the dimensions of said internal and external doors are defined in such a way that the sole application of the pressures P 1 and P 2 , respectively corresponding to the pressure exerted by an external incident flow on the surface S 1 of said external door when deployed outside the nacelle and to the pressure exerted by the secondary flow of the engine on the surface S 2 of said internal door when deployed inside the nacelle, holds said doors in the stable retracted position.
2. The nacelle pursuant to claim 1 , wherein said linkage elements of said doors are dual-hinged connecting rods.
3. The nacelle pursuant to claim 1 , wherein said actuator is a screw jack held in a compartment of said cowling.
4. The nacelle pursuant to claim 1 , further comprising a grille configured to orient the secondary flow in the deployed position of said doors.
5. The nacelle pursuant to claim 4 , wherein with said grille arranged in said cowling, said grille has orifices oriented so as to orient said secondary flow parallel to the surface of said external door in the deployed position.
6. The nacelle pursuant to claim 1 , further comprising that said thrust reversers are arranged in said cowling by being placed around the circumference of said nacelle.
7. The nacelle pursuant to claim 6 , wherein with said thrust reversers distributed discontinuously around said circumference, said nacelle has four groups of three thrust reversers each, said groups being diametrically opposite in pairs.
8. An aircraft equipped with at least one nacelle according to claim 1 .