An inlet for a gas turbine engine having an inlet lip and an inlet barrel, the inlet lip having a highlight defining a boundary between inner and outer surfaces of the inlet lip. The inlet barrel has a forwardly extending flange that is joined to the inlet lip by overlapping surfaces. The flange interface surface has a conus angle that is divergent from the highlight axis.
Gas turbine inlet
2020-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke |
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