Reduced bulk acoustic treatment panel for a turbojet engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12337986-B2
Application number	US-202118257810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2021
Priority date	Dec 15, 2020
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

An acoustic treatment panel including acoustic absorption cells each comprising a bottom wall, a porous inlet wall, an enclosure extending in an axial direction between the bottom wall and the inlet wall, and a first acoustic horn extending inside the enclosure between a first opening and a second opening that is smaller than said first opening, the first opening facing said inlet wall. Each cell comprises a second horn extending inside the enclosure in the first axial direction between a first opening of the second horn and a second opening of the second horn that is smaller than said first opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An acoustic absorption cell comprising an acoustically opaque bottom wall, an acoustically porous inlet wall, an enclosure extending in an axial direction between a first axial end integral with the acoustically opaque bottom wall and a second axial end integral with the acoustically porous inlet wall, and a first acoustic horn extending inside the enclosure between a first opening of the first acoustic horn and a second opening of the first acoustic horn that is smaller than said first opening of the first acoustic horn, the first opening facing said acoustically porous inlet wall,
wherein the acoustic absorption cell comprises at least one second acoustic horn extending inside the enclosure between a first opening of the second acoustic horn and a second opening of the second acoustic horn that is smaller than said first opening of the second acoustic horn, the second opening of the second acoustic horn being arranged facing said acoustically opaque bottom wall, and either the first opening of the second acoustic horn is arranged facing the second opening of the first acoustic horn, or the first acoustic horn and the second acoustic horn are coaxial and the first acoustic horn is inserted at least partially in the second acoustic horn such that an acoustic wave passes directly from the first acoustic horn to the second acoustic horn.

2. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure extends between the acoustically opaque bottom wall and the acoustically porous inlet wall while forming a nonzero inclination angle not orthogonal with the acoustically porous inlet wall and with the acoustically opaque bottom wall.

3. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the second opening of the first acoustic horn is equal to a cross section of the second opening of the second acoustic horn, and a ratio between a cross section of the enclosure at the second axial end and the cross section of the second opening of the first acoustic horn is comprised between 2 and 100.

4. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first opening and the second opening of the first acoustic horn in the axial direction is equal to the distance between the first opening and the second opening of the second acoustic horn in the axial direction, and a ratio between the distance between the first opening and the second opening of the first acoustic horn in the axial direction and a height of the enclosure measured in the axial direction between its first end and its second end is comprised between 0.2 and 0.6.

5. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein at the first axial end the first acoustic horn forms a first opening angle with a plane parallel with the acoustically porous inlet wall of the acoustic absorption cell and, at its first opening the second acoustic horn forms a second opening angle with a plane parallel with the acoustically porous inlet wall of the acoustic absorption cell.

6. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 5 , wherein the second opening angle is identical to the first opening angle.

7. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first acoustic horn and the second acoustic horn have identical shapes and dimensions, the first acoustic horn and the second acoustic horn each comprising a cylindrical portion with a cross section equal to a cross section of each second opening, a ratio between a length of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction and a length of the acoustic horn in the axial direction being less than or equal to 0.8.

8. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , comprising at least one porous internal wall extending inside the enclosure and over the first opening of one of the first and second acoustic horn.

9. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 8 , wherein the internal wall is parallel to said acoustically porous inlet wall.

10. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first acoustic horn comprises a portion having a continuous non-straight slope extending from its first opening, and the second acoustic horn comprises a portion having a continuous non-straight slope extending from its first opening.

11. An acoustic treatment panel intended to be arranged over at least one wall of an aircraft in contact with a fluid flow, the acoustic treatment panel comprising a plurality of acoustic absorption cells according to claim 1 .

12. A turbomachine intended to be mounted on an aircraft, the turbomachine comprising at least one acoustic treatment panel according to claim 11 .

13. An aircraft comprising at least one turbomachine according to claim 12 .

14. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first acoustic horn comprises a portion having a continuous non-straight slope extending from its first opening, and the second acoustic horn comprises a portion having a continuous non-straight slope extending from its first opening.

15. An acoustic absorption cell comprising an acoustically opaque bottom wall, an acoustically porous inlet wall, an enclosure extending in an axial direction between a first axial end integral with the acoustically opaque bottom wall and a second axial end integral with the acoustically porous inlet wall, and a first acoustic horn extending inside the enclosure between a first opening of the first acoustic horn and a second opening of the first acoustic horn that is smaller than said first opening of the first acoustic horn, the first opening facing said acoustically porous inlet wall,
wherein the acoustic absorption cell comprises at least one second acoustic horn extending inside the enclosure between a first opening of the second acoustic horn and a second opening of the second acoustic horn that is smaller than said first opening of the second acoustic horn, the second opening of the second acoustic horn being arranged facing said acoustically opaque bottom wall, and either the first opening of the second acoustic horn is arranged facing the second opening of the first acoustic horn, or the first acoustic horn and the second acoustic horn are coaxial and the first acoustic horn is inserted at least partially in the second acoustic horn,
wherein the enclosure extends between the acoustically opaque bottom wall and the acoustically porous inlet wall while forming a nonzero inclination angle not orthogonal with the acoustically porous inlet wall and with the acoustically opaque bottom wall.

16. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 15 , wherein a cross section of the second opening of the first acoustic horn is equal to the cross section of the second opening of the second acoustic horn, and a ratio between the cross section of the enclosure at the second axial end and the cross section of the second opening of the first acoustic horn is comprised between 2 and 100.

17. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 15 , wherein a distance between the first opening and the second opening of the first acoustic horn in the axial direction is equal to the distance between the first opening and the second opening of the second acoustic horn in the axial direction, and a ratio between the distance between the first opening and the second opening of the first acoustic horn in the axial direction and a height of the enclosure measured in the axial direction between its first end and its second end is comprised between 0.2 and 0.6.

18. The acoustic absorption cell according to claim 15 , wherein at the firs

Assignees

• Safran Aircraft Engines

Inventors

• Riou Georges Jean Xavier
• Gea Aguilera Fernando

Classifications

• F02C7/045

  having provisions for noise suppression · CPC title

• Y02T50/60

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

• F05D2200/25

  Hyperbolic trigonometric, e.g. sinh, cosh, tanh · CPC title

• F05D2250/71

  curved · CPC title

• F05D2260/963

  by Helmholtz resonators · CPC title