Cavity ventilation

Abstract

A ventilation arrangement for an annular cavity located about the core engine of a gas turbine, the annular cavity having an axis and an inner wall located about the axis and an outer wall radially spaced there-from, the outer wall being interposed between the cavity and an engine bypass duct. The ventilation arrangement comprises a plurality of ventilation ducts passing through said outer wall and providing for fluid communication between the bypass duct and the cavity and a flow diverter arranged at an oblique angle to a radial alignment with said axis so as to induce in the ventilation flow from said ducts a vortical flow component about the inner wall. The ducts may be shaped to provide the flow diverter. The internal geometry of the ducts may provide for a sudden expansion to control the exit profile of the flow into the cavity.

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