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US 10,371,094 B2Granted
Nozzle arrangement for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorAndrew Martin Rolt
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine comprising: a bypass duct having a bypass nozzle; an engine core having a core nozzle; and, a mixer duct defined by a mixer fairing and having a mixer nozzle, wherein the mixer duct is arranged to receive an airflow from the bypass duct through a mixer duct inlet and an airflow from the engine core, when in use, and the geometry of the mixer duct is selectively adjustable by moving the mixer fairing relative to the bypass duct and engine core in use.
Claims18
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a bypass duct having a bypass nozzle;
- an engine core having a core nozzle;
- a pylon which is attached to the wing or airframe of an aircraft;
- a mixer fairing defining a mixer duct having a mixer duct inlet and a mixer nozzle, the mixer fairing is movably mounted to mounting rails on each side of the pylon;
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- a tail cone, wherein
- the mixer duct is arranged to receive an airflow from the bypass duct through the mixer duct inlet and an airflow from the engine core, when in use, and a geometry of the mixer duct is selectively adjustable by moving the mixer fairing relative to the bypass duct and engine core in use,
- the mixer fairing is movable by a first amount between a first mixer fairing position and a second mixer fairing position which simultaneously alters one or more of:
- an output flow area of the bypass nozzle, an output flow area of the mixer nozzle, and, a throat area of the mixer duct inlet, such that the respective in use airflows are altered, and
- the tail cone is movable by a second amount, different than the first amount, between a first tail cone position and a second tail cone position.
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