Air inlet, especially a two-dimensional air inlet set at an angle on one side for gas turbine jet propulsion plants for driving airplanes
US4381017A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 1981 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0536
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an air inlet for a gas turbine jet propulsion plant in which the inlet annel is curved, separation flow is generated near the inner wall surfaces of the inlet at certain angles of attack. A flow guide fence is employed which reaches into the air inlet channel a small extent radially so that separation flow is caused to follow the channel and substantially dissolves itself by the time it reaches the compressor entrance so that flow to the compressor is substantially homogeneous.
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