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US 2019/0226423 A1Published application
Aircraft nozzle
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorJack F. COLEBROOKE
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Abstract
There is disclosed a flap for a variable area exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine. The flap comprises a support structure and a gas shield connected to the support structure, wherein the support structure is corrugated to accommodate thermal expansion of the gas shield in a direction of corrugation.
Claims14
A flap for a variable area exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine, comprising a support structure and a gas shield connected to the support structure;
- wherein the support structure is corrugated to accommodate thermal expansion of the gas shield in a direction of corrugation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.