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Granted Patent B2
US 10,711,650 · App. 16/195,142 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Internal structure of a primary exhaust duct

Inventors: Laurent Bertandeau (Tournefeuille, FR); Grégory De Oliveira (Saint Alban, FR); Erwan Krier (Fonsorbes, FR); Sandrine Andre (Paulhac, FR); Morad Kassem (Toulouse, FR); Michael Kilkenny (Toulouse, FR)
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
F01D25/30B64D33/04F01D25/24F01D25/28F02C7/24F02K1/04F02K1/827F05D2220/323F05D2240/90F05D2250/75F05D2260/30F05D2260/96
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Patent No.
US 10,711,650
App. No.
16/195,142
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine. The internal structure comprises a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution, allowing air to pass through the orifices and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct, an interior skin, comprising a surface of revolution, arranged inside the primary wall and extending between an upstream flank for facing toward the front of the turbomachine and a downstream flank for facing toward the rear of the turbomachine, and a plurality of spacers angularly distributed around a periphery of the interior skin and fixed between the primary wall and the interior skin. The particular way in which the interior wall is fixed makes the internal structure easier to construct and allows attenuation of noise at chosen frequencies.

Claims (12)

1. An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine, the internal structure comprising:

a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution, allowing air to pass through orifices at each end of the surface of revolution and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct,

an interior skin, comprising a surface of revolution, arranged inside the primary wall and extending between an upstream flank configured to face toward the front of the turbomachine and a downstream flank configured to face toward the rear of the turbomachine, and

a plurality of spacers angularly distributed around a periphery of the interior skin and fixed between the primary wall and the interior skin, wherein each spacer adopts a C-section shape with a central wall and two flanges, wherein the central wall has a through-recess, and wherein each spacer comprises a flap configured to move, according to temperature, between a closed position in which the flap closes off the through-recess and an open position in which the flap does not close off the through-recess.

2. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upstream flank and downstream flank of the interior skin lies some distance away from the primary wall so as to leave a free passage between the interior skin and the primary wall.

3. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein the spacers are fixed to the interior skin by removable fixing means.

4. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein the flap is made from shape memory alloy.

5. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein the interior skin is pierced with drainage holes.

6. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein the interior skin is formed by machining a single element.

7. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein the interior skin is made up of several portions fixed together.

8. A turbomachine comprising a primary exhaust duct delimited on an outside by a primary jet pipe and on an inside by an internal structure according to claim 1 .

9. An aircraft comprising at least one turbomachine according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2018
From: BERTANDEAU, LAURENT; DE OLIVEIRA, GRÉGORY; KRIER, ERWAN; ANDRE, SANDRINE; KASSEM, MORAD; KILKENNY, MICHAEL
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 047546/0090 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 17 61255 · Nov 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190162079A1 · May 30, 2019