Fused porogen process for acoustic septa fabrication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10994824-B2
Application number	US-202016852841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2020
Priority date	Mar 9, 2015
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

An example method for manufacturing a multicellular structure for acoustic damping is described that includes applying a porogen material to a solid support, inserting a multicellular frame into the solid support and through the porogen material so as to fill cells of the multicellular frame with the porogen material, fusing the porogen material, removing the multicellular frame from the solid support, and the multicellular frame contains a suspended fused porogen network attached to walls of the cells of the multicellular frame. The method also includes applying a solution to the suspended fused porogen network in the cells of the multicellular frame to percolate the suspended fused porogen network, curing the solution, and removing the suspended fused porogen network from the multicellular frame resulting in porous septum membranes of the cured solution in cells of the multicellular frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aircraft comprising an acoustic modifying structure, the acoustic modifying structure comprising:
a multicellular frame; and
at least one porous septum membrane positioned in lumen of cells of the multicellular frame, wherein the at least one porous septum membrane comprises a substantially continuous matrix, and wherein the at least one porous septum membrane includes pores with a size less than about 25% of a thickness of the septum membrane, wherein the at least one porous septum membrane comprises a porogen material.

2. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic modifying structure comprises one of a nacelle, an engine inlet, and an exhaust structure.

3. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the multicellular frame comprises a honeycomb frame.

4. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane includes pores in a range of about 1 μm to about 175 μm.

5. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane includes pores in a thickness of about 1.0 mm to about 5.0 mm.

6. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the pores within one porous membrane within one lumen are interconnected.

7. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a single lumen contains two separate porous membranes.

8. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane comprises the porogen material selected from a type of material consisting of a salt, a sugar, an organic solid, and a polymer particle.

9. The aircraft of claim 8 , wherein the porogen material is selected from a type of material consisting of a cubic particle, a spherical particle, an amorphous particle, a rod particle, a whisker-like particle, a leachable particle, and a non-removable polymer particle.

10. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane creates a pressure barrier for controlling transmission of acoustic noise.

11. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane creates a flow restrictor for controlling transmission of acoustic noise.

12. The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane creates a resonant cavity for controlling transmission of acoustic noise.

13. An aircraft comprising an acoustic modifying structure, the acoustic modifying structure comprising:
a multicellular frame; and
at least one porous septum membrane positioned in lumen of cells of the multicellular frame, wherein the at least one porous septum membrane has a thickness of about 1.0 mm to about 5.0 mm and wherein the at least one porous septum membrane has pores with a size less than about 25% of the thickness of the septum membrane, wherein the at least one porous septum membrane comprises a porogen material.

14. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane has pores with a size less than about 15% of the thickness of the septum membrane.

15. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane includes pores in a range of about 1 μm to about 175 μm.

16. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the pores within one porous membrane within one lumen are interconnected.

17. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein a single lumen contains two separate porous membranes.

18. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the porogen material is selected from a type of material consisting of a cubic particle, a spherical particle, an amorphous particle, a rod particle, a whisker-like particle, a leachable particle, and a non-removable polymer particle.

19. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the at least one porous septum membrane creates one or more of a pressure barrier, a flow restrictor, and a resonant cavity for controlling transmission of acoustic noise.

20. The aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the multicellular frame comprises a honeycomb frame.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Stache Erin E
• Herrera Eric
• Cumberland Larken E
• Alam Shahriar
• Roper Christopher S
• Mcknight Geoffrey

Classifications

• B64C1/40 Primary

  Sound or heat insulation {, e.g. using insulation blankets} · CPC title

• B29D24/005

  the structure having joined ribs, e.g. honeycomb · CPC title

• B29C33/52

  soluble or fusible {(in particular used in injection moulding B29C45/4457)} · CPC title

• F02C7/24

  Heat or noise insulation (air intakes having provisions for noise suppression F02C7/045; turbine exhaust heads, chambers, or the like F01D25/30; silencing nozzles of jet-propulsion plants F02K1/00) · CPC title

• E04C2/365

  by honeycomb structures · CPC title