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Turbofan gas turbine engine with variable fan outlet guide vanesA turbofan gas turbine engine includes a forward fan section with a row of fan rotor blades, a core engine, and a fan bypass duct downstream of the forward fan section and radially outwardly of the core engine. The forward fan section has only a single stage of variable fan guide vanes which are variable fan outlet guide vanes downstream of the forward fan rotor blades. An exemplary embodiment of the engine includes an afterburner downstream of the fan bypass duct between the core engine and an exhaust nozzle. The variable fan outlet guide vanes are operable to pivot from a nominal OGV position at take-off to an open OGV position at a high flight Mach Number which may be in a range of between about 2.5-4+. Struts extend radially across a radially inwardly curved portion of a flowpath of the engine between the forward fan section and the core engine.
Document ID
20100027566
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Wood, Peter John
Zenon, Ruby Lasandra
LaChapelle, Donald George
Mielke, Mark Joseph
Grant, Carl
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 8, 2010
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/290,247
Patent Number: US-Patent-7,730,714
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-01135
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-7,730,714
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/290,247
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