Attachment of a multiflow turbojet engine to an aircraft
View Patent ↗A suspension of a multi-flow turbojet engine provided with an intermediate casing and an exhaust casing from a pylon that can be attached to the structure of an aircraft is disclosed. The suspension includes a forward attachment device between the hub of the intermediate casing and the pylon, a rear attachment device between the exhaust casing and the pylon, and a connection device rigidly connecting the intermediate casing to the pylon. The rear attachment device includes an actuator for compensating for the variations in diameter of the exhaust casing so as to keep the axis of the exhaust casing coaxial with the axis of the intermediate casing through the various phases of flight of the aircraft.
1. A suspension for suspending a multi-flow turbojet engine provided with an intermediate casing and an exhaust casing from a pylon that can be attached to the structure of an aircraft, comprising:
a forward attachment device attaching a hub of the intermediate casing to the pylon;
a rear attachment device attaching the exhaust casing to the pylon; and
a connection device rigidly connecting the intermediate casing to the pylon,
wherein the rear attachment device includes an actuator which varies a vertical distance between the exhaust casing and the pylon to compensate for variations in diameter of the exhaust casing so as to keep an axis of the exhaust casing coaxial with an axis of the intermediate casing through the various phases of flight of the aircraft, a first end of the actuator is secured to the pylon and a second end of the actuator, movable relative to the first end in a vertical direction, is connected to the rear attachment device.
2. The suspension as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said actuator is driven by a sensor that supplies a control signal representing the coaxiality of the engine.
3. The suspension as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sensor provides a signal representative of a measured fan blade tip clearance.
4. The suspension as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sensor provides a signal representative of a measured angle between an axis of the turbine and the axis of the intermediate casing.
5. The suspension as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the actuator is a hydraulic actuator, and a supply of fluid to the hydraulic actuator is controlled by a valve driven by the sensor.
6. The suspension as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connection device rigidly connecting the intermediate casing to the pylon comprises two link rods attached at an upstream end to an external shell ring of the intermediate casing and at a downstream end to the pylon.
7. A turbojet engine equipped with a suspension as claimed in any of claims 1 or 2 to 6 .
8. The suspension as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a hydraulic actuator.