Abstract: A transition pipe for location between an afterburner pipe and a jet nozzle in a jet pipe assembly for a turbojet engine comprises a funnel shaped inner casing tapering downstream from a circular section at its upstream end to a quadrangular section at its downstream end, a horn shaped outer casing surrounding the inner casing and flared downstream from a circular upstream end section to a downstream end section formed of four joined segments of generally parabolic shape, and a plurality of peripherally spaced, longitudinally extending stiffeners interconnecting the inner and outer casings in the space therebetween.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 1988
Date of Patent:
December 4, 1990
Assignee:
Societe Nationale d'Etude de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
Inventors:
Philippe M. D. Gastebois, Marc G. Loubet, Gerard E. A. Jourdain