IP Library Granted Patent US 9,670,878
Granted Patent B2
US 9,670,878 · App. 14/322,601 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Cellular acoustic structure for a turbojet engine and turbojet engine incorporating at least one such structure

Inventors: Xavier Cazuc (Le Havre Rouelles, FR); Jean-Philippe Joret (Beuzeville, FR)
Assignee: AIRCELLE
F02K1/827F01D9/041F05D2260/96F05D2260/963Y02T50/672Y02T50/673
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Patent No.
US 9,670,878
App. No.
14/322,601
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cellular acoustic structure for a turbojet engine includes a closed wall. The closed wall includes at least two faces having acoustically transparent areas and acoustic reflective areas. The closed wall is filled with a plurality of cells, and the acoustic reflective areas are disposed within the closed wall so that an acoustic path of aerial sound vibrations travels through the acoustically transparent areas, penetrates inside the cells and reflects on the acoustic reflective areas. In particular, the acoustic path in some of the cells has a depth greater than a half of the thickness of the cellular acoustic structure.

Claims (9)

1. A cellular acoustic structure for a turbojet engine comprising:

a closed wall comprising at least two opposed external faces, each external face including acoustically transparent areas, the closed wall being filled with a plurality of cells between the at least two opposed faces; and

acoustic reflection means, being disposed within the closed wall and between the at least two external opposed faces so that an acoustic path of aerial sound vibrations travels through said acoustically transparent areas, penetrates inside the cells and reflects on the acoustic reflection means, the acoustic path having in at least some of the cells a depth greater than a half of a thickness of the cellular acoustic structure.

2. The cellular acoustic structure according to claim 1 , further comprising two levels of cellular material separated by a median porous septum, wherein the closed wall alternates the acoustically transparent areas and acoustically reflective areas, the acoustically reflective areas being disposed on one of said at least two faces, the acoustically transparent areas being disposed on other face of said two faces.

3. The cellular acoustic structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a single level of cellular material, wherein the closed wall alternates the acoustically transparent areas and acoustically reflective areas, the acoustically reflective areas being disposed on a first face of said at least two faces, the acoustically transparent areas being disposed on a second face of the two faces.

4. The cellular acoustic structure according to claim 1 , further comprising two levels of cellular material separated by a median porous septum, and a plate including a plurality of inclined facets which is acoustically reflective and connected by edges so that the acoustic path is made through the two levels of cellular material, and the median porous septum are of varying depths along a section of the cellular acoustic structure.

5. A turbojet engine incorporating at least one cellular acoustic structure according to claim 1 .

6. The turbojet engine according to claim 5 , wherein the cellular acoustic structure is provided with an airfoil to make a radial separator between a first envelope and a second envelope delimiting a cold flow.

7. The turbojet engine according to claim 5 , wherein the cellular acoustic structure is provided with an airfoil to make at least one flow-straightening vane for a turbine generating cold flow propelled between a first envelope and a second envelope.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2014
From: CAZUC, XAVIER; JORET, JEAN-PHILIPPE
To: AIRCELLE
Reel/Frame 033693/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 12 50073 · Jan 4, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140341744A1 · Nov 20, 2014