Internal structure of a primary exhaust duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11572807-B2
Application number	US-202016743077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2020
Priority date	Jan 17, 2019
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine, the internal structure comprising a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution about a longitudinal axis, allowing the air to pass through orifices and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct, an interior skin comprising a surface of revolution about the longitudinal axis, arranged inside the primary wall, an upstream flange and a downstream flange which attach the interior skin to the interior of the primary wall, at least one separator which is attached to the interior skin and which extends from the interior skin towards the primary wall, the, or each, separator extends in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the two flanges, and the, or each, separator is not attached to the primary wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine, said internal structure comprising:
a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution about a longitudinal axis, allowing air to pass through orifices and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct,
an interior skin comprising a surface of revolution about the longitudinal axis, arranged inside the primary wall,
a volume between interior skin and the primary wall,
an upstream flange and a downstream flange which attach the interior skin to an interior of the primary wall,
a plurality of separators, each separator is attached to the interior skin and which extends from the interior skin towards the primary wall, each separator extending in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of separators extending from the upstream flange to the downstream flange, and each separator being unattached to the primary wall,
wherein the volume is separated into sub-volumes defined by the upstream flange, the downstream flange, and the plurality of separators,
wherein each separator comprises a base which is attached to the interior skin, and at least one tongue which is secured to the base and which extends between the interior skin and the primary wall,
wherein each separator is made of a flexible material so as to allow articulation at a joint between the base and the at least one tongue,
wherein a free end of each separator is in contact against the primary wall.

2. The internal structure according to claim 1 , wherein a free end of each tongue has a curvature.

3. A method for assembling the internal structure according to claim 1 , where said assembly method comprises:
a first providing step during which the primary wall is provided,
a second providing step during which the downstream flange is provided,
a first attaching step during which the downstream flange is attached to the primary wall,
a third providing step during which the interior skin is provided,
a fourth providing step during which the plurality of separators is provided,
for each separator, a second attaching step during which each separator is attached to the interior skin,
a stressing step during which each tongue of each separator is elastically deformed such that a distance between a center of the interior skin and the free end of each tongue is less than a radius of the primary wall,
an introducing step during which the interior skin and the elastically deformed tongues are introduced into the primary wall,
a releasing step during which each tongue is released so as to recover the original shape of the tongue and such that a free end of each tongue is positioned close to the primary wall,
a third attaching step during which the interior skin is attached to the downstream flange,
a fifth providing step during which the upstream flange is provided, and
a fourth attaching step during which the upstream flange is attached to the primary wall and to the interior skin.

4. A turbomachine comprising a primary exhaust duct bounded outwardly by a primary nozzle and inwardly by the internal structure according to claim 1 .

5. An aircraft comprising at least one turbomachine according to claim 4 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Ferreira Julien
• Trocellier Vincent
• Andre Sandrine
• Kilkenny Michael

Classifications

• Y02T50/60

  Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft · CPC title

• F01D25/30 Primary

  Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like · CPC title

• F05D2260/963

  by Helmholtz resonators · CPC title

• F05D2260/38

  by a spring, i.e. spring loaded or biased towards a certain position · CPC title

• F05D2300/501

  Elasticity · CPC title