Abstract: A fluid cooler for installation in a bypass duct of a turbofan gas turbine engine and associated methods are provided. The fluid cooler includes an inlet duct, a heat exchanger and an outlet duct. The inlet duct includes an inlet protruding into the bypass duct to receive a portion of the bypass air into the inlet duct. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the inlet duct. The heat exchanger facilitates heat transfer between a fluid and the portion of bypass air received into the inlet duct. The heat exchanger defines a general flow direction for the portion of bypass air that is different from the main flow direction of bypass air inside the bypass duct. The outlet duct conveys the portion of bypass air from the heat exchanger back to the bypass duct.

Abstract: The present invention provides an engine 310 of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft 300, wherein the engine is configured to be movable with respect to an aircraft component 342 of the aircraft 300 between a hover position for take-off and landing, and a cruise position for forward flight, wherein the engine 310 comprises an aerodynamic component 332 having at least one aerodynamic element 334 movable between a first position 336 according to a first operational state of the aircraft, and a second position 338 according to a second operational state of the aircraft, the aerodynamic element defining an aerodynamic surface in contact with an airstream passing through the engine.

Abstract: A propulsion system assembly includes a variable area inlet and an inlet duct. The variable area inlet includes an outer airflow inlet passage, an inner airflow inlet passage, an inlet structure and a center body structure. The outer airflow inlet passage is between the inlet structure and the center body structure. The inner airflow inlet passage is formed within the center body structure. The center body structure includes a valve configured to regulate air flow through the inner airflow inlet passage. The valve includes a first door configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The inlet duct is configured to receive air from the outer airflow inlet passage when the first door is in the closed position. The inlet duct is configured to receive air from the outer airflow inlet passage and the inner airflow inlet passage when the first door is in the open position.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for accelerating an aircraft fuselage boundary layer via a fan powered by an APU of the aircraft are disclosed. An example aircraft includes a fuselage, an APU, and a fan. The fuselage includes an outer skin. The APU is located within the fuselage. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades arranged circumferentially about the APU and projecting radially outward from the outer skin. The fan further includes a fan drive operatively coupled to the APU. The fan drive is configured to rotate the fan blades in response to a supply of electrical energy provided to the fan drive from the APU. The rotation of the fan blades accelerates a fuselage boundary layer traveling rearward along the outer skin from a first velocity to a second velocity greater than the first velocity.

Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a variable area inlet. The variable area inlet includes a moveable structure configured to move axially along an axial centerline between a first position and a second position. The variable area inlet is configured to open an airflow inlet passage into the aircraft propulsion system when the movable structure is in the first position. The variable area inlet is configured to close the airflow inlet passage when the movable structure is in the second position. The airflow inlet passage includes an inlet. The inlet extends axially along the axial centerline from a first end to a second end. A distance from the first end to the second end changes as the inlet extends laterally between a first side and a second side.

Abstract: An air direction arrangement for an aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains an inlet opening and an inlet channel connected thereto and which is at least partially surrounded by an outer wall. The inlet channel is configured to guide air to an engine of the aircraft. The outer wall contains at least one outlet channel and at least one outlet element. The outlet element is configured to selectively release or close the outlet channel for an air flow from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains a heat exchanger in the outlet channel to discharge thermal energy to the air flow which is flowing from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft.

Abstract: A propulsion system assembly includes a variable area inlet and an inlet duct. The variable area inlet includes an outer airflow inlet passage, an inner airflow inlet passage, an inlet structure and a center body structure. The outer airflow inlet passage is between the inlet structure and the center body structure. The inner airflow inlet passage is formed within the center body structure. The center body structure includes a valve configured to regulate air flow through the inner airflow inlet passage. The valve includes a first door configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The inlet duct is configured to receive air from the outer airflow inlet passage when the first door is in the closed position. The inlet duct is configured to receive air from the outer airflow inlet passage and the inner airflow inlet passage when the first door is in the open position.

Abstract: A variable geometry inlet system of an aircraft engine includes an inlet duct. The inlet duct includes at least first and second sections moveable between extended and retracted positions such that the inlet duct defines a variable axial length of an inlet passage for selective flight conditions. The inclusion of acoustic treatment may assist in controlling noise.

Abstract: A hybrid airbreathing rocket engine module (70) comprises an air intake arrangement (62) configured to receive air and a heat exchanger arrangement (63) configured to cool air from the air intake arrangement (62); a compressor (64) configured to compress air from the heat exchanger arrangement (63); and one or more thrust chambers (65). The air intake arrangement (62), the compressor (64), the heat exchanger arrangement (63), and the one or more thrust chambers (65) are arranged generally along an axis (69) of the engine module (70). The heat exchanger arrangement (63) is arranged between the compressor (64) and the one or more thrust chambers (65).

Abstract: Method for using an air intake of a turbojet engine nacelle comprising at least one elastically deformable portion, at least one connecting member mounted in an annular cavity integrally with the elastically deformable portion, and at least one controllable displacement member, in which method: during a thrust phase of the turbojet engine, the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a first position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an aerodynamic profile, and during a thrust reversal phase of the turbojet engine the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a second position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an irregular profile so as to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the elastically deformable portion.

Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a center body, a scarfed inlet structure and an inlet passage. The scarfed inlet structure extends circumferentially about the center body. The inlet passage is radially between and formed by at least the center body and the scarfed inlet structure. A first component of the assembly is configured to rotate about an axis relative to a second component of the assembly between: (A) a first position where a metering portion of the inlet passage has a first area; and (B) a second position where the metering portion has a second area. The first component is one of the center body or the scarfed inlet structure, and the second component is the other one of the center body or the scarfed inlet structure.

Abstract: A motor and fuel-powered hybrid system of a rocket thruster is disclosed, which mainly provides power through a motor and a fluid fuel injector. In particular, at the beginning stage of the rocket lift-off, the motor drives the compressor to provide power to send the rocket into air. When the speed and height of the rocket gradually increase, the fuel is ignited to give power to keep propelling the rocket, thereby reducing the fluid fuel that needs to be carried on the rocket, increasing the rocket's loading space and enhancing the carrying capacity.

Abstract: An assembly includes a variable area inlet and an inlet duct. The variable area inlet includes an inlet structure and a center body structure. The inlet structure extends circumferentially about the center body structure with an outer inlet passage radially between the center body structure and the inlet structure. The center body structure includes an outer body and an inner body. The outer body extends circumferentially about the inner body with an inner inlet passage radially between the inner and outer bodies. The inner body is configured to move along a centerline relative to the outer body between a first position and a second position. The inlet duct is fluidly coupled with the outer inlet passage when the inner body is in the first position. The inlet duct is fluidly coupled with the outer inlet passage and the inner inlet passage when the inner body is in the second position.

Abstract: An inlet flow distortion control system employs a plurality of flow control devices forming at least one array integrated into an internal surface of the inlet. The at least one array extends over an azimuthal range relative to a normal flow axis of the inlet and has a plurality of circumferential rows spaced at increasing distance from a highlight of the inlet. A control system is operably connected to the flow control devices and adapted to activate flow control devices in selected subarrays of the array responsive to a predetermined flight condition.

Abstract: A system for modulating air flow in a gas turbine engine is provided. The system may include a seal wall comprising an opening, a seal door configured to slideably engage the seal wall, and an actuator configured to move the seal door over the opening. In various embodiments, the system may include a surface forward of the seal door. The seal door may be configured to seal a passage through the surface and the opening of the seal wall. A track may be disposed under the seal door. The track may comprise cobalt. Rollers may be coupled to the seal door with the rollers on the track. The seal door may comprise a nickel-chromium alloy. A sync ring may be coupled to the seal door. The actuator may be coupled through the sync ring to the seal door.

Abstract: A system and a method of designing a nacelle for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line. The nacelle includes an air intake, an internal surface, an azimuthal angle, and a plurality of intake lines. The air intake comprises, in flow series, an intake lip, a throat and a diffuser. The internal surface at least partially defines the air intake. The azimuthal angle is defined about the longitudinal centre line. The intake lines extend along the internal surface of the nacelle at respective values of the azimuthal angle. Each intake line axially defines the air intake along the longitudinal centre line at the respective value of the azimuthal angle. The internal surface of the nacelle between the plurality of intake lines at a given axial location along the longitudinal centre line is analytically defined by an equation.

Abstract: A nacelle for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line. The nacelle includes an air intake disposed at an upstream end of the nacelle. The air intake includes, in flow series, an intake lip, a throat and a diffuser. The diffuser further includes a diffuser angle (?diff), indicating a degree of divergence of the diffuser relative to the longitudinal centre line. The diffuser angle (?diff) is from about 0 degrees to about 12 degrees.

Abstract: A nacelle for housing a fan within a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. A nacelle length (Lnac) is defined as an axial distance between the leading edge and the trailing edge. An azimuthal angle (?) is defined about the longitudinal centre line. The nacelle length (Lnac) varies azimuthally. The nacelle length (Lnac) decreases azimuthally from an inboard end of the nacelle to an outboard end of the nacelle.

Abstract: A nacelle for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line includes an intake lip disposed at an upstream end of the nacelle. The intake lip includes a crown and a keel. The crown includes a crown leading edge and the keel includes a keel leading edge. The crown leading edge and the keel leading edge define a scarf line therebetween. The scarf line forms a scarf angle (?scarf) relative to a reference line perpendicular to the longitudinal centre line. A fan casing is disposed downstream of the intake lip and includes a casing leading edge. The casing leading edge defines a droop line normal to the casing leading edge. The droop line forms a droop angle (?droop) relative to the longitudinal centre line. A relationship between the droop angle (?droop) and the scarf angle (?scarf) is given by: ?droop=?scarf/1.5±1 degree.

Abstract: A fluid diverting air inlet includes an intake opening through an outer surface of an enclosure for receiving air flowing outside the outer surface. The intake opening ramps downwardly below the outer surface to define an intake passageway. An air diversion device is formed by lateral sidewalls of the intake opening that extend vertically above the outer surface. The lateral sidewalls converge together at an upstream end of the air inlet, and the lateral sidewalls diverge apart towards a downstream end of the air inlet. Flanges extend outwardly from the tops of the lateral sidewalls such that divided air passageways for boundary layer fluids are formed on each side of the air diversion device. The sidewalls and flanges are integrated with the air inlet such that fluid moving immediately adjacent the outer surface of the enclosure is diverted around the air inlet to avoid ingestion into the intake opening.

Abstract: A nacelle having a window open between a secondary jet and the outside of the nacelle and comprising a fixed structure and a thrust-reversing system having a frame and outer doors articulated on the frame. The frame is translationally mobile on the fixed structure between an advanced position and a retracted position. Each outer door is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position. The nacelle comprises at least one anti-vibration system which comprises a chock fixed to the fixed structure and having a hole, and a finger fixed to the outer door. The finger and the hole are configured so that the finger lodges in the hole when the frame is in advanced position. Such a nacelle makes it possible to limit the vibrations of the outer doors when they are in stowed position and before the mobile frame begins to be displaced to the retracted position.

Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft comprising a pylon and a bypass turbomachine having a fan duct in which an air flow flows. The turbomachine further comprises an air intake system with a cold bleed air device for bleeding some of the air flow from the fan duct, the device comprising a sliding scoop comprising an upstream face that is open to allow the air to pass and a lower side that has an air outlet opening connected to an exchanger. The scoop is able to slide between an open position in which the scoop extends at least in part into the fan duct and in which part of the air flow in the fan duct rushes into the scoop via the upstream face thereof, and a closed position in which the scoop does not extend into the fan duct and has its upper side closing off the cutout.

Abstract: There is disclosed an inertial particle separator communicating with an engine inlet. The inertial particle separator has: a main duct body; a bypass duct; and a splitter defined by an intersection of the main duct and the bypass duct. The main duct and the bypass duct having particular geometric characteristics. A method of separating particles via inertia in an aircraft engine inlet is also provided.

Abstract: A front section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan hub. The fan hub includes a hub diameter supporting a plurality of fan blades including a tip diameter. A transitional entrance passage is configured to communicate flow between the fan section and a compressor section. The transitional entrance passage includes an inlet disposed at an inlet diameter and an outlet to the compressor section disposed at an outlet diameter. A method of designing a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.

Abstract: A boundary layer utilization apparatus for intake of air to a high speed aircraft, comprises a first air inlet adjacent an exterior surface of a fuselage of the aircraft and offset from the fuselage enough to integrate a second air inlet in the offset space to ingest and divert the boundary layer air flowing next to the fuselage into the aircraft for a useful purpose such as cooling the engine compartment. The second air inlet is disposed aft of the first air inlet to minimize hot gas re-ingestion.

Abstract: The disclosure is towards an inlet cowl for a turbine engine including a surface defining an inlet with a flow path and a method towards controlling the airflow in the flow path. The inlet cowl further includes an inlet lip and inner and outer barrels. The inlet lip confronts the inner barrel at a junction defining a gap.

Abstract: A bleed air system is disclosed for a turbofan engine having a bypass duct. The bleed air system includes a bleed air conduit having an inlet end connected to the bypass duct and a bleed air flow control valve disposed downstream of the inlet end, and a louver assembly disposed within the opening at inlet end of the bleed air conduit. The louver assembly includes an airfoil-shaped louver blade which extends across the opening in a direction transverse to the flow direction within the bypass duct. A reinforcing rib is attached to the louver blade and extends across the louver assembly in a direction generally parallel to the flow direction.

Abstract: An aircraft pod can include a pod shell defining a window, a radar system disposed within the shell and in optical communication with the window in the shell, and configured to send and/or receive radar signals away from the pod shell in a radar field of regard, and a ram air inlet structure disposed on an outer surface of the shell in optical communication with the radar field of regard, wherein the ram air inlet structure is made of or coated with a radar absorbing material.

Abstract: A fan assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan including a plurality of fan blades. Each fan blade extends radially outwardly from a fan hub to a blade tip. The plurality of blade tips define a fan diameter. A nacelle surrounds the fan and defines a fan inlet upstream of the fan, relative to an airflow direction into the fan. The nacelle has a forwardmost edge defining an inlet length from the forwardmost edge to a leading edge of a fan blade of the plurality of fan blades. A ratio of inlet length to fan diameter is between 0.20 and 0.45. A nacelle inner surface defines a nacelle flowpath. The nacelle flowpath has a convex throat portion and a concave diffusion portion between the throat portion and the leading edge of the fan blade at a bottommost portion of the nacelle.

Abstract: An aircraft includes an airframe, an engine mounted to the airframe, and an engine inlet for receiving an ambient airflow and providing the ambient airflow to the engine. An amount of airflow provided to the engine inlet is controllable.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing flow distortion at engine fans of nacelles are disclosed. An example apparatus for reducing flow distortion at an engine fan of a nacelle includes a plurality of nozzles radially spaced about an inner wall of the nacelle. In some examples, respective ones of the nozzles are positioned to eject corresponding respective jets of fluid adjacent the inner wall in a downstream direction toward the engine fan. The example apparatus further includes a controller to selectively activate the respective ones of the nozzles according to a time-based sequence. In some examples, the time-based sequence corresponds to a directional sequence that moves in an arcuate direction along a circumference of the inner wall.

Abstract: An asymmetric inlet particle separator system (AIPS) includes a bifurcated duct system that defines an inlet for receiving inlet air. The bifurcated duct system includes a core air channel and a scavenge air channel and is configured to separate the inlet air into core air and scavenge air. The scavenge air channel includes a first plurality of turning vanes configured to turn the scavenge air in a first direction and a second plurality of turning vanes configured to turn the scavenge air in a second direction. The AIPS also includes an asymmetric scroll coupled to the scavenge air channel. The asymmetric scroll includes a first arm having a first arm length and a second arm having a second arm length that is different than the first arm length.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an outer case structure around a central longitudinal engine axis. An intermediate case structure is included inboard of the outer case structure. An inner case structure is included inboard of the intermediate case structure. A variable area exhaust mixer is included, which is movable between a closed position adjacent to the intermediate case structure and an open position adjacent to the inner case structure.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system associated with an engine of an aircraft comprising: a duct, an inlet coupled to the duct, and a fence coupled to the inlet or located upstream of the inlet. In some embodiments, the system further comprises a valve body coupled to the duct. In some embodiments, the valve body includes at least one valve that is configured to rotate between a closed state and an open state.

Abstract: An aircraft engine includes a rotating structure and a casing circumferentially surrounding the rotating structure. The aircraft engine further includes an acoustic panel for noise reduction circumferentially surrounding the rotating structure. The acoustic panel is disposed proximal the casing. Furthermore, the acoustic panel includes a plurality of acoustic panel members. In addition, the acoustic panel is secured to the casing by at least one securement mechanism such that the acoustic panel is substantially circumferentially fixed relative to the casing.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to deploy a fluid flow channel are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first loop coupled to an outside surface of a vehicle via a first fastener, a second loop coupled to the vehicle and disposed a distance from the first loop, and a flexible material having a first end coupled to the first loop and a second end coupled to the second loop, where the flexible material is to form a fluid flow channel between the first loop and the second loop.

Abstract: A tangential on-board injector (TOBI) for a gas turbine engine is provided. The TOBI includes a body having an entrance and an exit, the body having an outer curved wall and defining an air passageway between the entrance and the exit and a purge cavity configured on an exterior surface of the body with a purge cavity entry fluidly connecting the air passageway to the purge cavity. The purge cavity is configured such that particles in an airflow through the passageway will enter the purge cavity.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine propulsion system and method of assembling such is disclosed. The gas turbine engine propulsion system comprises a gas turbine engine that includes a fan flow path. The fan flow path may extend from the fan inlet to the rear exhaust outlet of the bypass flow path. A portion of the fan flow path, proximal to the fan, is non-axisymmetric. The non-axisymmetric portion may be upstream or downstream of the fan.

Abstract: A nacelle for a turbofan gas turbine engine, having in flow series an intake lip, a diffuser and a fan casing. The diffuser has, in flow series, a main section and a recessed section adjacent to the fan casing. A transition region, such as a step, slope or curve, is provided between the main section and the recessed section. In some arrangements the transition region may be configured to promote flow separation and the formation of a separation bubble in the recessed section.

Abstract: A bifurcated inlet scoop frame for a gas turbine engine and method of using such frame for a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The bifurcated inlet scoop frame having a nose, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The first side panel and the nose defining a first inlet port. The second side panel and the nose defining a second inlet port. The method including the steps of providing a bifurcated inlet scoop frame, splitting the fan air flow, and receiving fan air through the bifurcated inlet scoop frame.

Abstract: A fan section for a gas turbine engine includes a fan hub and a nose cone section operatively mounted to the fan hub. The nose cone section includes a noise attenuation feature.

Abstract: A system for modulating air flow in a gas turbine engine is provided. The system may include a seal wall comprising an opening, a seal door configured to slideably engage the seal wall, and an actuator configured to move the seal door over the opening. In various embodiments, the system may include a surface forward of the seal door. The seal door may be configured to seal a passage through the surface and the opening of the seal wall. A track may be disposed under the seal door. The track may comprise cobalt. Rollers may be coupled to the seal door with the rollers on the track. The seal door may comprise a nickel-chromium alloy. A sync ring may be coupled to the seal door. The actuator may be coupled through the sync ring to the seal door.

Abstract: A unit including an intermediate turbojet casing formed by a hub including a downstream transverse endplate having formed therein at least one first opening putting the inside of the hub into communication with a duct extending downstream from the endplate and opening out at its downstream end via a second opening formed in an outer annular shroud extending downstream from the hub for defining the inside of an annular flow space for a secondary stream, is provided. The upstream end of the duct is fastened to the downstream endplate of the hub by releasable elastic engagement.

Abstract: A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a nacelle housing including a radially outer wall and a radially inner wall that defines an interior cavity within the nacelle housing. The turbofan engine also includes a fan assembly positioned at least partially within the interior cavity. A flow passage is defined between the radially outer wall and the radially inner wall for channeling a flow of air therethrough. The flow passage is configured to couple a portion of the interior cavity upstream from the fan assembly in flow communication with an ambient environment exterior from the radially outer wall.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a geared architecture, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan through the geared architecture, a nacelle surrounding the fan, the nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L measured along an engine axis between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D is no more than 0.45.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an aircraft engine during flight, which includes the steps of: for at least one characteristic frequency of the operation of the engine, measuring at least one synchronous vibration level value; for at least one module of the engine, estimating an out-of-balance value of the module in accordance with the one or more vibration level values measured and at least one sensitivity coefficient; estimating a balancing margin of the module in accordance with the out-of-balance value of said module and a maximum threshold; (d) estimating a remaining number of flights of the aircraft prior to balancing and/or a quality indicator of a preceding balancing operation in accordance with the one or more estimated balancing margins and data representing past balancing operations of the engine.

Abstract: A compressor intermediate case for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of intermediate case struts joining the compressor intermediate case to an inner engine structure. Each strut of the plurality of intermediate case struts includes a leading edge. A turning scoop is disposed at the leading edge of each strut of the plurality of intermediate case struts. A plurality of diffusers extends radially outwardly from the compressor intermediate case so that each diffuser of the plurality of diffusers engages with a corresponding turning scoop. A substantially annular structural fire wall extends radially outwardly from the compressor intermediate case. An environmental control system manifold is disposed on the compressor intermediate case. The environmental control system manifold includes an exit port.

Abstract: The gas turbine engine including, in serial flow communication, a compressor, a combustor, a turbine, and a fluid system fluidly connecting at least two components of the gas turbine engine, also includes a tunable resonator in fluid flow communication with the fluid system, the tunable resonator. The tunable resonator has a resonating volume that varies as a function of a volume of an inflatable member located inside the tunable resonator. The inflatable member having a means for varying the volume of the inflatable member, to thereby tune the resonating volume to a selected frequency of pressure fluctuations or acoustic waves within the fluid system.

Abstract: Aircraft gas turbine engine spinner includes conical forward spinner section extending aftwardly from spinner tip to a curved aft spinner section circumscribed about centerline axis, a spinner aspect ratio greater than about 1.8, and wherein spinner aspect ratio is an axial distance between spinner tip and spinner end divided by radial distance from axis to spinner end. Aspect ratio may be in a range of about 2.0-2.2 or about 2.2-2.8. Aft spinner section may be substantially tangential to platform leading edges of platforms of fan blades. Aft spinner section may have cambered or an elliptical axially curved cross-section. Spinner axial cross-section may have longer spinner axial distance compared to baseline axial distance of baseline cross-section and spinner aspect ratio greater than baseline aspect ratio of baseline cross-section.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine that has a fan case radially surrounding a fan hub, and plural fan exit guide vanes rotatably connected between the fan hub and the fan case. The fan section also has a thrust reverser opening within the case, axially upstream of the guide vanes. The gas turbine engine also has a core case containing a core engine.