Vehicle having a body with a nose section
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas William Rathay, Gregory Alexander Natsui
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Abstract
A vehicle having a body extending between a nose section and a tail section. The nose section terminating at a tip. The body having a centerline axis extending from the tip. The nose section having an outer wall terminating at the tip. The outer wall including an outer wall centerline axis, an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer wall having a thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface, when viewed in a horizontal plane extending along the centerline axis; wherein the inner surface has a nose thickness (tnose) at the tip; and the outer wall has a local thickness (tlocal) offset from the tip along the outer wall centerline axis, the local thickness (tlocal) being larger than the nose thickness (tnose).
Claims19
A vehicle, comprising:
- a body extending between a nose section and a tail section, the nose section terminating at a tip, and the body being defined by a centerline axis extending from the tip, the nose section comprising:
- an outer wall terminating at the tip, the tip defining an axially forwardmost portion of the nose section with respect to the centerline axis, the outer wall including an outer wall centerline axis, an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer wall formed of a single layer having a thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface, when viewed in a horizontal plane extending along the centerline axis;
- wherein:
- the outer wall has a nose thickness (tnose) at the tip;
- and
- the outer wall has a local thickness (tlocal) offset from the tip along the outer wall centerline axis, the local thickness (tlocal) being larger than the nose thickness (tnose),
- and wherein the nose section includes a porous material provided between the inner surface and the outer surface and the tail section includes a non-porous material, the outer wall including the porous material transitioning to the non-porous material in the single layer at a transition point.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a body extending between a nose section and a tail section, the nose section terminating at a tip, and the body being defined by a centerline axis extending from the tip, the nose section formed in a single layer comprising:
- an outer wall terminating at the tip, the tip defining an axially forwardmost portion of the nose section with respect to the centerline axis, the outer wall including an outer wall centerline axis, an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer wall having a thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface, when viewed in a horizontal plane extending along the centerline axis;
- and
- a porous material provided along at least a portion of the outer wall;
- wherein:
- the outer wall has a nose permeability (Knose) defined by the permeability of the outer wall at the tip;
- and
- the outer wall has a local permeability (Klocal) is defined by the permeability of a respective portion of the outer wall axially aft of the tip, with respect to the centerline axis, the local permeability (Klocal) being non-equal to the nose permeability (Knose),
- and wherein the nose section includes the porous material provided between the inner surface and the outer surface and the tail section includes a non-porous material, the outer wall including the porous material transitioning to the non-porous material in the single layer at a transition point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.