An aircraft powerplant and a method for measuring thrust are described herein. A gas turbine engine has a turbine section for extracting energy from combustion gases and has a shaft mounted to the turbine section for converting the energy into rotary motion. A load cell is coupled to an end of the shaft and positioned to rotate with the shaft. The load cell is configured for generating a measurement indicative of propeller thrust. A propeller is coupled to the load cell and is configured for converting the rotary motion from the shaft and the load cell into the propeller thrust. The propeller thrust can be measured from the load cell as the propeller rotates.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THRUST OF A PROPELLER
SYSTEME ET METHODE DE MESURE DE LA TRACTION D`UNE HELICE
2020-04-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke |
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
|NTIS | 1956
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