Abstract: A constant volume combustion system includes at least one combustion chamber having at least one admission port and an exhaust port. The system also includes at least one elastically deformable tongue made of ceramic matrix composite material forming an air admission valve, the tongue being present inside the chamber and being positioned facing the admission port, the tongue having a first end that is stationary relative to an inside wall of the chamber and a second end, opposite from the first end, the second end being free and movable relative to the inside wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical element (1) comprising: a) a container (2) comprising an opening allowing the introduction of at least one electrochemical beam (7); and b) a closing part (3) for closing said container, comprising: i) at least one flat inner surface (4a, 4b, 4c) which is oriented towards the inside of the container and can be directly electrically connected to a current collector (6), ii) at least one flat outer surface (5a, 5b, 5c) which is oriented towards the outside of the container and can act as a terminal of the electrochemical element, and iii) at least one wall (8a, 8b, 8c) connecting said at least one flat inner surface to said at least one flat outer surface, said wall forming an angle of between 70 and 120° in relation to one of the two flat surfaces. The closing part of the container allows heat dissipation to be improved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the element.

Abstract: A constant-volume combustion system for a turbomachine includes a plurality of combustion chambers distributed in an annular manner about an axis defining an axial direction, each combustion chamber including an intake port and an exhaust port; a selective closure member rotationally movable about the axis with respect to the combustion chambers, the selective closure member including a ferrule facing the intake and exhaust ports of the combustion chambers, the ferrule containing at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber and at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber. Each intake aperture and each exhaust aperture are segmented by at least one segment extending in each aperture in the axial direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine combustion module (10), in particular for an aircraft turbine engine, designed to carry out constant-volume combustion, comprising: at least two combustion chambers (12A, 12B) arranged about an axis, each chamber (12A, 12B, 12C) comprising a compressed gas intake port (16) and a burnt gas exhaust port (18); and an ignition means that triggers combustion in the combustion chambers (12A, 12B, 12C). The module (10) comprises at least one duct (80) which establishes a communication between a first combustion chamber (12A) and at least one second combustion chamber (12B) in order to inject burnt gases from the first combustion chamber (12A) into the second combustion chamber (12B) so as to trigger combustion in the second combustion chamber (12B).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical element (1) comprising: a) a container (2) comprising an opening allowing the introduction of at least one electrochemical beam (7); and b) a closing part (3) for closing said container, comprising: i) at least one flat inner surface (4a, 4b, 4c) which is oriented towards the inside of the container and can be directly electrically connected to a current collector (6), ii) at least one flat outer surface (5a, 5b, 5c) which is oriented towards the outside of the container and can act as a terminal of the electrochemical element, and iii) at least one wall (8a, 8b, 8c) connecting said at least one flat inner surface to said at least one flat outer surface, said wall forming an angle of between 70 and 120° in relation to one of the two flat surfaces. The closing part of the container allows heat dissipation to be improved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the element.

Abstract: A constant volume combustion chamber for a turbine engine, includes an intake port, an exhaust port, and a first rotary shutter facing the intake and exhaust ports and configured to rotate around an axis in a first direction of rotation, the first shutter including an aperture intended to cooperate alternately with the intake and exhaust ports during the rotation of the first shutter. The chamber further includes at least one second rotary shutter facing the intake and exhaust ports and configured to rotate around the axis in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction, the second shutter including an aperture intended to cooperate alternately with the intake and exhaust ports during the rotation of the second shutter, the first and second shutters being synchronized and configured so that their respective apertures intersect alternately when both are facing the intake and when both are facing exhaust ports.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a flow deflector for a discharge valve system of a double flow turbomachine compressor. The flow deflector comprises a wall provided with a plurality of ejection channels positioned to discharge a discharge air flow. The ejection channels are arranged in rows along aligned directions, substantially parallel to an axial plane of the deflector. The ejection channels of each row are oriented at a defined angle between a normal line to the wall and axes of the ejection channels, and decreasing between an upstream edge and a downstream edge of the wall, as defined according to the direction of movement of the air flow.

Abstract: A constant-volume combustion system for a turbomachine includes a plurality of combustion chambers distributed in an annular manner about an axis defining an axial direction, each combustion chamber including an intake port and an exhaust port; a selective closure member rotationally movable about the axis with respect to the combustion chambers, the selective closure member including a ferrule facing the intake and exhaust ports of the combustion chambers, the ferrule containing at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber and at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber. Each intake aperture and each exhaust aperture are segmented by at least one segment extending in each aperture in the axial direction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a flow deflector for a discharge valve system of a double flow turbomachine compressor. The flow deflector comprises a wall provided with a plurality of ejection channels positioned to discharge a discharge air flow. The ejection channels are arranged in rows along aligned directions, substantially parallel to an axial plane of the deflector. The ejection channels of each row are oriented at a defined angle between a normal line to the wall and axes of the ejection channels, and decreasing between an upstream edge and a downstream edge of the wall, as defined according to the direction of movement of the air flow.

Abstract: Heat-exchange and noise-reduction panel for a propulsion assembly, in particular for an aircraft, the panel comprising: a perforated plate comprising a plurality of through-openings; a cellular structure comprising longitudinally oriented structural walls covered by said perforated plate and comprising, between said walls, cavities that define Helmholtz resonators, said through-openings forming necks of said resonators; and means for the circulation of fluid, for example oil, at said perforated plate, wherein said fluid circulation means comprise channels that are formed at least in part in thickened ends of said walls on the same side as said perforated plate, and/or at least in part in regions of the perforated plate situated in the longitudinal extension of said thickened ends.

Abstract: A constant volume combustion chamber for a turbine engine, includes an intake port, an exhaust port, and a first rotary shutter facing the intake and exhaust ports and configured to rotate around an axis in a first direction of rotation, the first shutter including an aperture intended to cooperate alternately with the intake and exhaust ports during the rotation of the first shutter. The chamber further includes at least one second rotary shutter facing the intake and exhaust ports and configured to rotate around the axis in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction, the second shutter including an aperture intended to cooperate alternately with the intake and exhaust ports during the rotation of the second shutter, the first and second shutters being synchronized and configured so that their respective apertures intersect alternately when both are facing the intake and when both are facing exhaust ports.

Abstract: A constant volume combustion system includes at least one combustion chamber having at least one admission port and an exhaust port. The system also includes at least one elastically deformable tongue made of ceramic matrix composite material forming an air admission valve, the tongue being present inside the chamber and being positioned facing the admission port, the tongue having a first end that is stationary relative to an inside wall of the chamber and a second end, opposite from the first end, the second end being free and movable relative to the inside wall.

Abstract: A combustion module of a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, is configured for carrying out constant-volume combustion. The module includes a plurality of combustion chambers angularly distributed in a regular manner around an axis. Each chamber has an intake port for pressurized gas and an exhaust port for combustion gases. Each intake/exhaust port is configured to be opened or closed by a corresponding common rotating intake/exhaust valve which is coaxial with the axis.

Abstract: An annular combustion chamber of the continuous detonation wave type enabling a mixture of a fuel and an oxidizer injected in an axial direction F to be used to deliver continuous production of hot gas from detonation waves, the combustion chamber including electrodes powered by an electricity generator and between which NRP electric discharges are generated, the combustion chamber including at the upstream ends of its outer and inner walls, a plurality of electrode pairs angularly distributed in two concentric rings, the electrodes of a pair each belonging to a different ring and being in radial alignment, and the electricity generator being configured to power at least one electrode pair to generate at least one discharge zone, and to power sequentially each of the electrode pairs following to the electrode pair and enable a detonation wave to travel around the annular combustion chamber.

Abstract: A discharge valve system of a bypass turbine engine compressor includes a flow deflector. The flow deflector has a wall provided with a plurality of ejection channels configured to discharge a discharge airflow from the compressor in a duct of the turbine engine in which an airflow circulates. The ejection channels are disposed in a plurality of concentric rows around a center and are oriented at an angle defined between a straight line normal to the wall and the axes of the ejection channels. The angle of the ejection channels vary by increasing from the peripheral edge towards the center of the wall so that the discharge airflow passing through the ejection channels is guided in a gyratory movement around the center.

Abstract: A combustion module of a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, is configured for carrying out constant-volume combustion. The module includes a plurality of combustion chambers angularly distributed in a regular manner around an axis. Each chamber has an intake port for pressurized gas and an exhaust port for combustion gases. Each intake/exhaust port is configured to be opened or closed by a corresponding common rotating intake/exhaust valve which is coaxial with the axis.

Abstract: A forward fan rotor is disclosed with a hub of axis of rotation (X) and a cone mounted on the hub of the fan. The cone comprises an air bleed orifice which opens into an air duct of which a forward end portion passes through the fan rotor, said forward end portion comprising mechanical air entrainment means. The air bleed orifice has an annular shape and in that the cone is divided by said orifice into a front vertex portion and a rear frustoconical portion. A turbomachine forward axial spool equipped with such a fan rotor is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for circulation of air for a turbomachine, the device including an inlet provided to receive incident airflow, air circulation ducts connected to the inlet, a central part including side walls, peripheral walls arranged at a distance from the central part, so as to form the air circulation ducts, each duct being arranged between one of the side walls of the central part and one of the peripheral walls, each peripheral wall including an upstream end portion delimiting with one of the side walls an inlet orifice of one of the ducts and a downstream end portion delimiting with one of the side walls an outlet orifice of one of the ducts, at least one member mobile in translation relative to the peripheral walls, the at least one mobile member being formed in the central part and arranged so that its displacement varies a section of each of the inlet orifices and a section of at least one of the outlet orifices.

Abstract: A discharge valve system of a bypass turbine engine compressor includes a flow deflector. The flow deflector has a wall provided with a plurality of ejection channels configured to discharge a discharge airflow from the compressor in a duct of the turbine engine in which an airflow circulates. The ejection channels are disposed in a plurality of concentric rows around a center and are oriented at an angle defined between a straight line normal to the wall and the axes of the ejection channels. The angle of the ejection channels vary by increasing from the peripheral edge towards the center of the wall so that the discharge airflow passing through the ejection channels is guided in a gyratory movement around the center.

Abstract: A discharge system of a separated twin-flow turbojet for an aircraft, supported by a suspension mast, is disclosed. The system includes a main nozzle delimited by an annular cowl with a slot of annular shape defining upstream and downstream portions of the cowl and which is traversed by the suspension mast. The downstream portion of the cowl of the main nozzle includes a first part extending downstream from the upstream portion of the cowl to a trailing edge of the main nozzle, on either side of the suspension mast along two predefined angular sectors; and a second part formed from an internal contour of the slot and having a trailing edge with a diameter smaller than that of the trailing edge associated with the first part of the downstream portion of the cowl. Connecting walls laterally connect the first and second parts of the downstream portion.