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US 8,997,497 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine with variable area fan nozzle
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsAndre M. Hall, Gregory A. Kohlenberg, Jonathan Gilson
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Abstract
A bypass gas turbine engine includes a variable area fan nozzle with a second fan nacelle section axially movable relative to a first fan nacelle section to define an auxiliary port to vary a fan nozzle exit area and adjust fan bypass airflow. The second fan nacelle section includes a leading edge region that defines a concave external contour and the first fan nacelle section includes a trailing edge region that defines a convex internal contour.
Claims16
A nacelle assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising:
- a core nacelle defined about an engine centerline axis of rotation;
- a fan nacelle mounted at least partially around said core nacelle to define a fan bypass flow path;
- a variable area nozzle in communication with said fan bypass flow path, said variable area nozzle having a first fan nacelle section and a second fan nacelle section, said second fan nacelle section axially movable relative said first fan nacelle section to define an auxiliary port to vary a fan nozzle exit area and adjust fan bypass airflow, said second fan nacelle section includes a leading edge region that defines a concave external contour that extends away from the engine centerline axis and said first fan nacelle section includes a trailing edge region that defines a convex internal contour that extends towards the engine centerline axis;
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- a flexible surface mounted to at least one of an inner surface at said convex internal contour and an outer surface at said concave external contour.
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