Abstract:
A fluid mixer for mixing two fluid streams (40, 42) includes a set of main lobes (26) defining alternating primary and secondary main chutes (30, 32) one or more auxiliary lobes (28) intermediate two of the main lobes (26), and an auxiliary fluid capture duct (62). The auxiliary lobes (28) are defined, at least in part, by the discharge end (66) of the duct (62). In operation, the duct (62) conveys secondary fluid to secondary chutes (36) defined by the lobes (28) thereby improving the performance of the mixer (24) despite the presence of an obstruction (18) that would otherwise impede thorough mixing of two fluid streams (40, 42).
Abstract:
Existing pressure oscillations created by axial or centrifugal fans in a diverging shroud are utilized to power a passive, acoustic jet, the nozzle of which directs high momentum flux gas particles essentially tangentially into the boundary layer of the flow in a diffuser, or a duct, the fluid particles in the resonant chamber of the passive acoustic jet being replenished with low momentum flux particles drawn from the fluid flow in a direction normal to the surface, thereby to provide a net time averaged flow of increased momentum flux particles to defer, even eliminate, the onset of boundary layer separation in the diffuser or duct. The passive acoustic jet is used in the vicinity of fan blade tips to alleviate undesirable flow effects in the tip region, such as leakage.
Abstract:
The jet noise suppressor includes a nozzle (20; 30), having an arrangement thereon of trapezoidal tabs (40) disposed on the downstream end of the nozzle (20; 30), the tabs (40) having a length (L) and the angular offset with respect to the engine flow such that mixing occurs primarily at the interface of the engine flow and the ambient air. In addition, various construction details are developed for the tabs including tabs that are trapezoidal with tapered sides such that the tabs minimize adverse impact to engine performance.
Abstract:
An internal flow mixer is attached to the rearward end of a turbofan engine for inverting the engine fan and core streams. Rearwardly of the internal flow mixer is a multi- lobed exhaust nozzle which mixes ambient air with the gases flowing from the flow mixer. An ejector housing lined with acoustic absorption material receives the flow from the exhaust nozzle and discharges the thrust producing gases in noise abatement condition.
Abstract:
Blades, including helicopter rotor blades, gas turbine engine fan blades, ai r moving machinery fan blades, and the like, have an air inlet near the hub of the blade, which may be on the pressure side of the blade and/or near the leading edge or trailing edge nearer the tip of the blades, with an air plen um between the air inlet and the slots, whereby air is forced into the inlet, through the plenum and out of the slots into the flow adjacent the blades. T he slots may be through the suction surface of the blade, typically near the boundary layer separation point, so that air flowing out of the slots into t he boundary layer of suction surface of the blade, thereby delay or prevent the onset of the boundary layer separation, or to reduce supersonic shock. The inlet may be near the trailing edge of the blade, near the root, adjacent to the air inlet of the core of a jet engine, to suction off air and reduce fan wake blockage at the core inlet. The slots may be through the pressure surfa ce adjacent the blade tip edge of fan blades to reduce blade tip leakage effect s.
Abstract:
An internal flow mixer is attached to the rearward end of a turbofan engine for inverting the engine fan and core streams. Rearwardly of the internal flow mixer is a multi-lobed exhaust nozzle which mixes ambient air with the gases flowing from t he flow mixer. An ejector housing lined with acoustic absorption material receives the flow fro m the exhaust nozzle and discharges the thrust producing gases in noise abatement cond ition.
Abstract:
In a featured embodiment, a gas turbine engine has a first compressor rotor driven by a first turbine rotor, and a second compressor rotor driven by a second turbine rotor. The second compressor rotor is upstream of the first compressor rotor and the first turbine rotor is upstream of the second turbine rotor. An air mixing system taps air from a location upstream of the first compressor rotor for delivery to an environmental control system. The air mixing system receives air from a first air source and a second air source. The first air source includes air at a first pressure upstream of the first compressor rotor. The second air source includes air at a lower second pressure. At least one valve controls a mixture of air from the first and second sources to achieve a predetermined pressure for the environmental control system.
Abstract:
According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan, a nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L measured along an engine axis between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D is no more than 0.45.
Abstract:
A fan section for a gas turbine engine has a fan rotor with a plurality of fan blades. A plurality of exit guide vanes are positioned to be downstream of the fan rotor. The fan rotor is driven through a gear reduction relative to a turbine section. The exit guide vanes are desired to address resultant sound from interaction of wakes from the fan blades across exit guide vanes. A gas turbine engine incorporating a fan section is also disclosed.