Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft propulsion – Fluid
Patent
1997-09-29
2000-06-06
Poon, Peter M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft propulsion
Fluid
244 53R, 23926523, 23926539, 23926543, 23926517, B64B 136
Patent
active
060708301
ABSTRACT:
A fixed geometry duct defining a gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle includes a plurality of circumferentially adjoining flat triangular facets and coaxial first and second openings at opposite ends thereof. A method of making the duct includes scribing a plurality of lines on a flat sheet metal plate to define the facets, and bending the plate at each of the lines to form the duct.
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Mueller John H.
Scavo Steven
Dinh Tion
General Electric Company
Hess Andrew C.
Poon Peter M.
Young Rodney M.
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