Panel for the acoustic treatment comprising hot air ducts and at least one stabilization chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9388767-B2
Application number	US-201213573784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2012
Priority date	Oct 3, 2011
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

An aircraft nacelle comprising a lip extended by an inner conduit forming an air intake, a front frame delimiting with said lip an annular channel within which hot air flows and a panel for acoustic treatment having, from outside inwardly, an acoustic resistive layer, at least one honeycomb structure and a reflective layer as well as ducts for channeling hot air, each including one inlet communicating with the annular channel and one outlet communicating with the inner conduit, wherein the panel for acoustic treatment comprises at least a stabilization chamber in the form of an annular channel with a cross-section larger than that of the ducts which extends over at least a portion of the nacelle circumference and which communicates with a plurality of ducts, the inlets and outlets not being aligned in the longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft nacelle comprising:
a lip extended by an inner conduit forming an air intake;
a front frame defining with the lip a first annular channel within which hot air flows; and
a panel for acoustic treatment, the panel comprising, from outside inwardly:
an acoustic resistive layer,
at least one honeycomb structure,
a reflective layer,
ducts for channeling the hot air, wherein each of the ducts comprise an inlet communicating with the first annular channel and an outlet communicating with the inner conduit, and

at least one stabilization chamber in the form of a second annular channel with a cross-section in a longitudinal plane greater than that of the ducts, the second annular channel extending over at least a portion of a circumference of the aircraft nacelle, wherein the at least one stabilization chamber comprises a plurality of inlets in communication with the second annular channel, a plurality of outlets each communicating with one of the ducts, and a wedge for tilting flow of exhaust air in the inner conduit that is disposed inside the at least one stabilization chamber and pressed against the acoustic resistive layer in which output ports are located, and wherein the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets are not aligned in a longitudinal direction.

2. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one stabilization chamber comprises a first stabilization chamber disposed upstream from the ducts and a second stabilization chamber disposed downstream from the ducts.

3. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-section of the at least one stabilization chamber is greater than or equal to 1.5 times the section of one of the ducts.

4. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one stabilization chamber comprises a trapezoidal cross-section in the longitudinal plane, a large base being oriented toward the acoustic resistive layer.

5. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one stabilization chamber is provided downstream from the ducts.

6. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 5 , wherein the wedge comprises, for each of the output ports, a conduit forming an angle α of less than 50° with an outer surface of the acoustic resistive layer located after a matching output port.

7. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 6 , wherein an upper surface of the wedge comprises a beveled shape upstream into which the conduits open.

8. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one stabilization chamber and the ducts are delimited by a common wall shaped and pressed against the acoustic resistive layer.

9. The aircraft nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the inlets and/or the outlets of the ducts open into the at least one stabilization chamber with a flared shape.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Porte Alain
• Albet Grégory
• Ring Guillaume
• Galletti Pascal

Classifications

• F02K1/46 Primary

  Nozzles having means for adding air to the jet or for augmenting the mixing region between the jet and the ambient air, e.g. for silencing (F02K1/28, F02K1/36, F02K1/38 take precedence) · CPC title

• B64D2033/0206

  comprising noise reduction means, e.g. acoustic liners · CPC title

• B64D15/04 Primary

  Hot gas application · CPC title

• F02K1/827

  Sound absorbing structures or liners · CPC title

• Y02T50/672

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic