Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15298927Application Date: 2016-10-20
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Publication No.: US10364773B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Stephane M M Baralon
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1520451.4 20151120
- Main IPC: F04D29/54
- IPC: F04D29/54 ; F02K3/06 ; B64D27/18 ; F04D29/32

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine comprising a fan, a bypass duct positioned downstream of the fan and defined by an inner casing and an outer casing, a series of outlet guide vanes arranged downstream of the fan, the outlet guide vanes extending between the inner casing and the outer casing of the bypass duct; and a bifurcation positioned downstream of the outlet guide vanes and extending between the inner casing and the outer casing. The bifurcation comprises a leading edge, and the leading edge of the bifurcation is shaped so as to protrude axially forward by a varying distance from the inner casing to the outer casing so as to improve uniformity of a static pressure field formed, in use, immediately upstream of the bifurcation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170145958A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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