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Nozzle:
Fixed and variable geometry nozzles
Functions of nozzles
Thrust vector control
Thrust reversal
Noise control
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Exhaust nozzles
Nozzles form the exhaust system of gas
turbine engines.
It provides the thrust force required for all
flight conditions.
In turboprops, nozzles may generate part
of the total thrust.
Main components: tail pipe or tail cone
and the exhaust duct.
Nozzles could be either of fixed geometry
or variable geometry configuration.
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Exhaust nozzles
Besides generating thrust, nozzles have other
functions too.
Variable area nozzles are used for adjusting
the exit area for different operating conditions
of the engine.
For thrust reversal: nozzle are deflected so as
to generate a part of the thrust component in
the forward direction resulting in braking.
For thrust vectoring: vectoring the nozzles to
carry out complex maneuvers.
Exhaust noise control
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Exhaust nozzles: Fixed geometry
Subsonic, convergent nozzle
Nozzle
Tailpipe
Nozzle
Supersonic, C-D nozzle
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Exhaust nozzles: Variable geometry
Subsonic, convergent nozzle
Supersonic, C-D nozzle
Variable
nozzle
Tailpipe
Afterburner Variable nozzle
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Exhaust nozzles
Types of nozzles:
Convergent or Converging-diverging
Axisymmetric or two-dimensional
Fixed geometry or variable geometry
Simplest is the fixed geometry convergent
nozzle
Was used in subsonic commercial
aircraft.
Other nozzle geometries are complex and
require sophisticated control mechanisms.
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Exhaust nozzles
Nozzle must fulfill the following:
Be matched with other engine components
Provide optimum expansion ratio
Have minimum losses at design and off-design
Permit afterburner operation
Provide reversed thrust when necessary
Suppress jet noise and IR radiation
Provide necessary vectored thrust
Have minimal weight, cost and maintenance
while satisfying the above.
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Exhaust nozzles
Convergent nozzles are normally used in
subsonic aircraft.
These nozzles operate under choked
condition, leading to incomplete expansion.
This may lead to a pressure thrust.
A C-D nozzle can expand fully to the
ambient pressure and develop greater
momentum thrust.
However due to increased weight,
geometric complexity and diameter, it is
not used in subsonic transport aircraft.
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Variable geometry nozzles
Variable area nozzles or adjustable nozzles
are required for matched operation under
all operating conditions.
Three types of variable area nozzles are:
Central plug at nozzle outlet
Ejector type
Iris nozzle
The Central plug is very similar to the spike
of an intake.
Unlike intake, the central plug causes
external expansion fans.
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Central plug nozzles
Expansion fan
Expansion fan shock
Central plug
Central plug at nozzle outlet
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Ejector type nozzles
Ejector nozzle: creates an effective nozzle
through a secondary airflow
At subsonic speeds, the airflow constricts
the exhaust to a convergent shape.
As the speed increases, the two nozzles
dilate and the two nozzles form a CD
shape.
Some configurations may also have a
tertiary airflow.
SR-71, Concorde, F-111 have used this
type of nozzle.
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Ejector type nozzles
High Mach Tail flap
Low Mach positions
High Mach
Secondary air
Low Mach
Dividing
streamlines
Engine core flow
Tertiary air
Secondary air
Blow in doors for low Mach
High Mach
Low Mach
Engine core flow
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Variable geometry nozzles
Iris nozzle: uses overlapping, adjustable
petals.
More complicated than the ejector type
nozzle.
Offers significantly higher performance.
Used in advanced military aircraft.
Some of the modern aircraft also have iris
nozzles that can be deflected to achieve
vectored thrust.
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Iris type nozzles
Iris petals for variable geometry
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Thrust vectoring
Directing the thrust in a direction other
than that parallel to the vehicles
longitudinal axis.
This allows the aircraft to undergo
maneuvers that conventional control
surfaces like ailerons or flaps cannot
provide.
Used in modern day combat aircraft.
Provides exceptional agility and
maneuvering capabilities.
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Thrust vectoring
Thrust vectoring was originally developed
as a means for V/STOL (Vertical or Short
Take Off and Landing).
Thrust vectored aircraft have better climb
rates, besides extreme maneuvers.
Most of the modern day combat aircraft
have thrust vectoring.
Some of the latest aircraft also have
axisymmetric nozzle thrust vectoring.
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Thrust vectoring
There are two types of thrust vector
controls:
Mechanical control
Fluidic control
Mechanical control involves deflecting the
engine nozzle and thus physically alter the
direction of thrust.
Fluidic vectoring involves either injecting
fluid or removing it from the boundary
layer of the primary jet.
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Thrust vectoring
Mechanical vectoring system is heavier and
complex.
There are two types of mechanical thrust
vectoring
Internal thrust vectoring
External thrust vectoring
Internal thrust vectoring permits only pitch
control.
External thrust vectoring can be used for
pitch and yaw controls.
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Internal thrust vectoring
Flaps for deflection
during thrust vectoring
Flaps deflected during
pitch down
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External thrust vectoring
Flaps or petals to be appropriately
deployed to effect vectored thrust
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Thrust vectoring
Fluidic thrust vectoring has been
demonstrated successfully at a laboratory
scale.
This method has several advantages over
the mechanical control.
Main challenge lies in ensuring an effective
control with a linear response.
Other concepts like Shock thrust vector
control, coflow and counter flow thrust
vectoring concepts are also being pursued.
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Fluidic thrust vectoring
Shock vector
thrust vectoring
Secondary flow
Primary flow
Shock
Secondary flow
Primary flow
Co-flow and counter-flow
thrust vectoring
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Thrust reversal
With increasing size and loads of modern
day aircraft, wheel brakes alone cannot
brake and aircraft.
Deflecting the exhaust stream to produce a
component of reverse thrust will provide an
additional braking mechanism.
Most of the designs of thrust reversers
have a discharge angle of about 45o
Therefore a component of the thrust will
now have a forward direction and therefore
contributes to braking.
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Thrust reversal
There are three types of thrust reversal
mechanisms that are used
Clamshell type
External bucket type
Blocker doors
Clamshell type: is normally pneumatically
operated system.
When deployed, doors rotate and deflect
the primary jet through vanes.
These are normally used in nonafterburning engines.
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Thrust reversal
Bucket type system uses bucket type doors
to deflect the gas stream.
In normal operation, the reverser door
form part of the convergent divergent
nozzle.
Blocker doors are normally used in high
bypass turbofans.
The cold bypass flow is deflected through
cascade vanes to achieve the required flow
deflection.
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Thrust reversal
Bucket type thrust reverser
Clamshell type thrust reverser
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Noise control
Jet exhaust noise is a major contributor to the
overall noise generated by an aircraft.
Jet exhaust noise is caused by the turbulent
mixing of the exhaust gases with the lower
velocity ambient air.
Nozzle geometry can significantly influence the
exhaust noise characteristics.
Better mixing between the jet exhaust and the
ambient can be achieved by properly contouring
the nozzle exit.
Corrugations or lobes (multiple tubes) are some
of the methods of achieving lower jet exhaust
noise.
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Noise control
Noise control using corrugations/serrations at
the nozzle exit
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In this lecture...
Nozzle:
Fixed and variable geometry nozzles
Functions of nozzles
Thrust vector control
Thrust reversal
Noise control
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Subsonic and supersonic nozzles
Working of these nozzles
Performance parameters for nozzles
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