Convergent turbojet exhaust nozzle
AssigneeSnecma
InventorsStephane Blanchard, Thibault Arnold
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Abstract
A convergent turbojet exhaust nozzle comprising a ring of hinged flaps made up of controlled flaps and of follower flaps disposed in alternation and co-operating at their upstream ends with a peripheral sealing gasket arranged at the outlet from an afterburner channel, each flap being made out of a ceramic-matrix composite material, and at its upstream end, each flap being made integrally with bearing means for bearing against the above-mentioned peripheral gasket, and with spherical-joint means between their upstream ends.
Claims15
A convergent turbojet exhaust nozzle comprising a ring of hinged flaps made up of controlled flaps and of follower flaps disposed in alternation and co-operating at their upstream ends with a peripheral sealing gasket arranged at the outlet from an afterburner channel, wherein each flap is made out of a ceramic-matrix composite material, and each flap is made integrally with bearing means at its upstream end for bearing against the above-mentioned peripheral gasket, and with sealing means providing longitudinal sealing between flaps.
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