Continuous slanted cell septum

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11261786-B2
Application number	US-201816056209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2018
Priority date	Aug 6, 2018
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A panel for attenuating noise is disclosed comprising a face skin having a first inner surface, a base skin having a second inner surface, a cellular core connected to and forming a plurality of cells between the face skin and the base skin, wherein the cellular core is defined by a cell structure having a plurality of cell walls extending between the face skin and the base skin defining each of the plurality of cells and a septum disposed within each of the plurality of cells, the septum defining an upper chamber proximate the face skin and a lower chamber proximate the base skin, wherein the face skin comprises a plurality of perforations fully through the face skin and in fluid communication with the upper chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A panel for attenuating noise comprising:
a face skin;
a base skin;
a cellular core connected to and forming a plurality of cells between the face skin and the base skin, wherein the cellular core is defined by a cell structure having a plurality of cell walls extending between the face skin and the base skin defining each of the plurality of cells; and
a septum disposed within each of the plurality of cells, the septum defining a first chamber proximate the face skin and a second chamber proximate the base skin, the septum continuously slanted to define a plane intersecting the face skin and the base skin at a non-orthogonal angle, wherein the face skin comprises a plurality of perforations fully through the face skin and in fluid communication with the first chamber, wherein the septum comprises a metal foil slanted between 15° and 60° relative to the face skin to attenuate a gas path noise via Helmholtz resonance.

2. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the septum comprises a perforation through a face having a perforated area, wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication via the perforation, and wherein the metal foil comprising the septum extends from within the first chamber into an adjacent first chamber of an adjacent cell of the plurality of cells.

3. The panel of claim 2 , wherein the cell structure is at least one of hexagonal, pentagonal, triangular, circular, oblate, oval, elliptical, or lenticular.

4. The panel of claim 2 , wherein the perforated area is between 1% and 25% of the face.

5. The panel of claim 4 , wherein the cell structure is a quadrilateral cell structure defining a cell having a first cell wall, a second cell wall, a third cell wall, and a fourth cell wall each cell wall defining nodes at the intersections thereof, wherein the septum extends across the cell from a node at a first inner surface to an opposing node at a second inner surface.

6. The panel of claim 5 , wherein the septum comprises a steel, a stainless steel, a titanium, a titanium alloy, a nickel alloy, an aluminum, or an aluminum alloy.

7. The panel of claim 6 , wherein the metal foil comprises a first upper tab, a second upper tab, a first lower tab, and a second lower tab.

8. The panel of claim 7 , wherein the first upper tab is coupled to the first cell wall, the second upper tab is coupled to the second cell wall, the first lower tab is coupled to the third cell wall, and the second lower tab is coupled to the fourth cell wall.

9. The panel of claim 2 , further comprising a mesh coupled to the face across the perforation.

10. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a compressor section configured to compress a gas;
a combustor section aft of the compressor section and configured to combust the gas;
a turbine section aft of the combustor section configured to drive the compressor section; and
a panel for attenuating noise, wherein the panel comprises:
a face skin having a first inner surface;
a base skin having a second inner surface;
a cellular core connected to and forming a plurality of cells between the face skin and the base skin, wherein the cellular core is defined by a cell structure having a plurality of cell walls extending between the face skin and the base skin defining each of the plurality of cells; and
a septum disposed within each of the plurality of cells, the septum defining an first chamber proximate the face skin and a second chamber proximate the base skin, the septum continuously slanted to define a plane intersecting the face skin and the base skin at a non-orthogonal angle, wherein the face skin comprises a plurality of perforations fully through the face skin and in fluid communication with the first chamber, wherein the septum comprises a metal foil slanted between 15° and 60° relative to the face skin to attenuate a gas path noise via Helmholtz resonance.

11. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the septum comprises a perforation through a face having a perforated area, wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication via the perforation, and wherein the metal foil comprising the septum extends from within the first chamber into an adjacent first chamber of an adjacent cell of the plurality of cells.

12. The gas turbine engine of claim 11 , wherein the cell structure is at least one of hexagonal, pentagonal, triangular, circular, oblate, oval, elliptical, or lenticular.

13. The gas turbine engine of claim 11 , wherein the perforated area is between 1% and 25% of the face.

14. The gas turbine engine of claim 13 , wherein the cell structure is a quadrilateral cell structure defining a cell having a first cell wall, a second cell wall, a third cell wall, and a fourth cell wall each defining nodes at the intersections thereof, wherein the septum extends across the cell from a node at the first inner surface to an opposing node at the second inner surface.

15. The gas turbine engine of claim 14 , wherein the septum comprises a steel, a stainless steel, a titanium, a titanium alloy, a nickel alloy, an aluminum, or an aluminum alloy.

16. The gas turbine engine of claim 15 , wherein the metal foil comprises a first upper tab, a second upper tab, a first lower tab, and a second lower tab.

17. The gas turbine engine of claim 16 , wherein the first upper tab is coupled to the first cell wall, the second upper tab is coupled to the second cell wall, the first lower tab is coupled to the third cell wall, and the second lower tab is coupled to the fourth cell wall.

18. The gas turbine engine of claim 11 , further comprising a mesh coupled to the face across the perforation.

19. A method of manufacturing a panel for attenuating noise comprising:
laying a first edge of a metal foil across an opening of a cell of a cellular core;
coupling the first edge to a node of the cell at the opening;
driving a second edge of the metal foil through the cell;
inserting a die through a first end of the cell and an anvil through a second end of the cell;
forming a face of a septum comprising the metal foil between the intersection of the die and the anvil, wherein the septum is slanted between 15° and 60° relative to a face skin to attenuate a gas path noise via Helmholtz resonance; and
forming an upper tab and a lower tab in response to the action of the die and the anvil.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
coupling the upper tab to a first cell wall of the cell and coupling the lower tab to a second cell wall of the cell;
perforating the face of the septum; and
coupling the face skin to the cellular core at the first end of the cell, perforating the face skin, and coupling a base skin to the cellular core at the second end of the cell.

Assignees

• Rohr Inc

Inventors

• Pierick David Edward
• Alloway Richard Scott
• Alonso-Miralles Jose S
• Kwan Hwa-Wan
• Listak Raymond R
• Koroly Christopher Charles

Classifications

• F05D2230/54

  by sheet metal manufacturing · CPC title

• F02C7/045 Primary

  having provisions for noise suppression · CPC title

• B32B15/08

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• B32B2605/18

  Aircraft · CPC title

• B32B9/045

  of synthetic resin · CPC title