Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aero engine flow rate
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Application No.: US16934767Application Date: 2020-07-21
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Publication No.: US10981663B2Publication Date: 2021-04-20
- Inventor: Richard G Stretton , Michael C Willmot
- 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: GB1820930 20181221
- Main IPC: F02K3/06
- IPC: F02K3/06 ; B64D33/02 ; B64D27/12 ; F02C7/04

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes: an engine core having a turbine including a lowest pressure rotor stage, a turbine diameter, a fan including a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, an annular fan face at a leading edge of the fan defining a fan tip radius at the fan face; wherein a downstream blockage ratio is defined as: the turbine diameter at an axial location of the lowest pressure rotor stage a distance f rom a ground plane to the wing and wherein an engine blockage ratio of: ( 2 × the fan tip radius/the engine length ) the downstream blockage ratio is in the range from 2.5 to 4.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200346779A1 AERO ENGINE FLOW RATE Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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