Duplex tab exhaust nozzle

• US 8,087,250 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Gutmark, Ephraim Jeff, Martens, Steven (nmn)
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodriguez, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US12/146,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20090320486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 607/70, 607/71, 602/62, 239/265.19, 239/265.27, 181/213
• US Class Current: 60/770
• CPC Class Codes: F02K 1/386 mixing devices in the jet pipe, e.g. for mixing primary and secondary flow
• CPC Class Codes: F02K 1/48 Corrugated nozzles

Abstract

An exhaust nozzle includes a conical duct terminating in an annular outlet. A row of vortex generating duplex tabs are mounted in the outlet. The tabs have compound radial and circumferential aft inclination inside the outlet for generating streamwise vortices for attenuating exhaust noise while reducing performance loss.

Claims

1. An exhaust nozzle comprising a conical duct terminating in an annular outlet including a row of duplex tabs having compound radial and circumferential aft inclination from root to apex and between forward and aft edges with a diverging common center slot circumferentially therebetween.

2. A nozzle according to claim 1 wherein said duplex tabs are arranged in circumferentially spaced apart pairs with each pair having said common center slot circumferentially between adjacent tabs.

3. A nozzle according to claim 2 wherein said duct terminates at an annular trailing edge surrounding said outlet, and said duplex tabs are inclined both radially and circumferentially toward said trailing edge.

4. A nozzle according to claim 3 wherein each duplex tab includes a circumferentially inclined root along said outlet and is inclined radially aft from said root to said apex of said tab.

5. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs are symmetrical about said common slot therebetween.

6. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs circumferentially diverge from said common slot toward said trailing edge.

7. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs circumferentially converge toward said common slot at said trailing edge.

8. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs extend radially inside said outlet.

9. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs extend radially outside said outlet.

10. A nozzle according to claim 4 wherein said duplex tabs and common slots thereof are triangular.

11. An exhaust nozzle comprising:

a conical exhaust duct having radially inner and outer skins terminating at a trailing edge surrounding an outlet for discharging exhaust flow; and

a row of adjoining duplex tabs having a common slot therebetween, with each tab inclined radially from said duct at an acute radial inclination angle at said outlet around said trailing edge and said slot diverges radially from said duct, wherein said duplex tabs are arranged in pairs, each pair having a collective tab width, and said tab pairs are circumferentially spaced apart from each other at a greater spacing than said tab width, and wherein said duplex tabs are inclined both radially aft toward said outlet and circumferentially forward from said trailing edge.

12. A nozzle according to claim 11 wherein each duplex tab includes a root circumferentially inclined forwardly from said trailing edge, and an apex spaced radially from said root.

13. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein each duplex tab is triangular and defines an inclined delta wing for generating vortices in flow thereover, and said common slot therebetween is also triangular and extends outwardly from a common junction of said tab roots.

14. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs are symmetrical about said common slot therebetween.

15. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs circumferentially diverge from said common slot toward said trailing edge.

16. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs circumferentially converge toward said common slot at said trailing edge.

17. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs are normal to each other at said roots.

18. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs are acute to each other at said roots.

19. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said inclined roots intersect each other at a common point in each duplex pair.

20. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said inclined roots converge toward each other in each duplex pair and remain spaced apart at said common slot.

21. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs have a common axial length, and said collective width thereof is twice said length.

22. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs terminate at said trailing edge.

23. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs terminate axially forward of said trailing edge.

24. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs terminate axially aft of said trailing edge.

25. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs are equiangularly spaced apart in corresponding pairs around said nozzle outlet.

26. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs converge from said roots to said apexes.

27. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs are truncated at said apexes.

28. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs extend radially inwardly from said inner skin inside said exhaust outlet.

29. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said duplex tabs extend radially outwardly from said outer skin outside said exhaust outlet.

30. A nozzle according to claim 12 wherein said exhaust duct includes a centerbody disposed concentrically therein and bounding said exhaust outlet radially inwardly, and said duplex tabs extend radially outwardly from said centerbody inside said outlet.