IP Library Granted Patent US 9,193,469
Granted Patent B2
US 9,193,469 · App. 14/050,437 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Aircraft engine with an apparatus for pulsating expiration of gas into the exhaust nozzle

Inventors: Michael Bauer (Kirchheim b. Munich, DE); Ludwig Schauwecker (Daisendorf, DE); Daniel Redmann (Grafing b. Munich, DE); Josef Steigenberger (Bad Toelz, DE)
Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
B64D33/06F02K1/34F05D2260/16F05D2260/963
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Patent No.
US 9,193,469
App. No.
14/050,437
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft jet engine includes an exhaust-gas nozzle having a device configured to blow out an exhaust gas in a pulsating manner into an exhaust-gas stream so as to reduce noise. The exhaust-gas nozzle includes openings distributed along a circumference of the exhaust-gas nozzle and disposed upstream from a nozzle outlet. The openings communicate with the device.

Claims (10)

1. An aircraft jet engine, comprising:

an exhaust-gas nozzle having a device configured to blow out an exhaust gas in a pulsating manner into an exhaust-gas stream so as to reduce noise, the exhaust-gas nozzle including two rows of openings arranged axially one behind the other and configured to blow the exhaust gas in and out alternatingly, the two rows of openings being distributed along a circumference of the exhaust-gas nozzle and disposed upstream from a nozzle outlet so as to generate a pulsed turbulence layer around the circumference of the exhaust-gas nozzle, the openings communicating with the device;

wherein the device comprises an annular space that surrounds a nozzle channel and that is divided by a partition wall into two annular chambers, each of the two annular chambers communicating with a respective one of the two rows of the openings, the partition wall being configured to move in an oscillating manner so as to alternatingly increase a size of one of the annular chambers and correspondingly decrease a size of the other one of the annular chambers.

2. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust-gas nozzle has a front constricting section and a subsequent diffuser section, the openings being disposed in an area of a transition from the constricting section to the diffuser section.

3. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 1 , wherein the two rows of the openings have different blowing directions from each other.

4. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 3 , wherein a front row of the openings as seen in a flow direction is configured to blow in and out upstream of a rear row of the openings that is configured to blow in and out.

5. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 1 , wherein the openings are configured as slots that are distributed along the circumference.

6. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall is a ring-shaped, bi-stable membrane wall.

7. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 1 , wherein a pulsation frequency of the device is between 2 Hz and 300 Hz.

8. The aircraft jet engine according to claim 7 , wherein the pulsation frequency is between 10 Hz and 200 Hz.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 15, 2015
From: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036608/0066 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2014
From: BAUER, MICHAEL; SCHAUWECKER, LUDWIG; REDMANN, DANIEL; STEIGENBERGER, JOSEF
To: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 032753/0553 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 109 647 · Oct 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140097271A1 · Apr 10, 2014