Airplane having engines partially encased in the fuselage
View Patent ↗An airplane provided with dual-flow turbojet engines having nacelles at least partially encased in the fuselage, wherein the air intake of each engine is connected to the fuselage by two boundary layer guiding walls, the walls extending towards the upstream side of the air intake and being spaced apart towards the upstream side.
1. An airplane fitted with bypass turbojet engines having nacelles that are embedded at least in part in a fuselage of the airplane,
wherein an air intake of each engine is connected to the fuselage by two boundary layer guide walls, the guide walls of each engine extending upstream from the air intake and flaring apart from each other and from the engine in an upstream direction,
wherein a fairing panel extends downstream from each of the guide walls of each engine and connects the engines laterally, and
wherein the guide walls are disposed downstream of wings of the airplane.
2. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the guide walls relative to the fuselage decreases going upstream from the air intake of the engine.
3. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein the guide walls of each engine form an angle of about 25° to about 50° relative to each other.
4. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein the guide walls of each engine are curved with a concave side facing towards a space situated between the two guide walls.
5. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein the guide walls of each engine extend between the fuselage and peripheral points of the air intake that are spaced apart from the fuselage, and for which radii that connect the points to an axis of the engine form between them an angle lying in a range 120° to 180°.
6. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the fuselage situated between the two guide walls of each engine has an S-shaped profile.
7. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein only an upstream portion of the nacelle is embedded in the fuselage.
8. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein at least one-third and at most 50% of an upstream portion of the nacelle is embedded inside the fuselage.
9. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein a downstream portion of each engine is spaced apart from the fuselage and is connected to the fuselage by a plane wall extending downstream from the engine over an entire area of a space between the engine and the fuselage.
10. An airplane according to claim 1 , wherein the engines are disposed downstream of wings of the airplane.
11. An airplane fitted with bypass turbojet engines having nacelles that are embedded at least in part in a fuselage of the airplane,
wherein an air intake of each engine is connected to the fuselage by two boundary layer guide walls, the guide walls of each engine extending upstream from the air intake and flaring apart from each other in an upstream direction,
wherein a fairing panel extends downstream from each of the guide walls of each engine and connects the engines laterally, and
wherein the guide walls are disposed downstream of wings of the airplane.