Fluid handling – Processes – Cleaning – repairing – or assembling
Patent
1996-03-28
1999-03-16
Michalsky, Gerald A.
Fluid handling
Processes
Cleaning, repairing, or assembling
244 53B, B64D 3302
Patent
active
058817581
ABSTRACT:
An internal compression engine inlet (39) including a flexible external cowl with leading edge cowl lips (72); a duct comprising a supersonic diffuser (44) defined by upper and lower forward ramps (50), (52), a subsonic diffuser (46) defined by upper and lower aft ramps (54), (56), and a throat region (48); a first slot (58) formed between adjacent ends of the upper forward and upper aft ramps; and a second slot (60) formed between adjacent ends of the lower forward and lower aft ramps, is provided. Each slot (58), (60) opens to a plenum (120), (122) having a vent door (126) covering a vent (124) that opens to a low pressure volume. Further inlet components include an optional splitter (62) for creating additional airflow compression, a precision vent (128) for expelling small amounts of plenum air, and a control system (150) for varying the cross-sectional area of the duct and the position of the vent doors in order to create an aerodynamically efficient airflow passage within the duct for any particular flight condition. Further provided is a method of providing air to an aircraft engine using an internal compression engine inlet including: sensing current flight conditions; configuring the inlet components to their optimal positions for the current flight conditions; channeling air into a duct having a supersonic diffuser region followed by a throat region having first and second slots each slot opening into a plenum, the throat region being followed by a subsonic diffuser; sensing the static air pressure in the supersonic diffuser; sensing the static air pressure within each plenum; comparing the supersonic diffuser static air pressure with the plenum air pressures; and selectively exhausting air from each plenum to maintain the static air pressure in the plenums at a desired amount.
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Koncsek Joseph L.
Marrs Kenneth J.
Michalsky Gerald A.
The Boeing Company
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