Societe Nationale D'etude Et De Construction De Moteurs D'aviation

Didier H Hernandez

Rodolphe Martinez

Denis R Ansart

Michel A Desaulty

Gerard M Mandet

Patrice A Commaret

Jean-Claude Laugeois

An arrangement for removably fixing a thermal protection tile on the inside of a combustion chamber wall is described. In one form the tile is provided with a fixing stud which is arranged to pass through a hole in the wall, and a split washer is inserted under the head of the stud to lock the assembly to the wall. In another form the tile is provided with a fixing stud having a head which is arranged to be inserted in a socket welded to the inner surface of the wall and which is locked in place by a stop inserted through a hole in the wall to abut the edge of the head and prevent its removal from the socket.

Fixing arrangement for a thermal protection tile in a combustion chamber

The combustion chamber according to the present invention utilizes a double-walled structure only in the converging portion of the combustion chamber. A hot wall is retained adjacent to, but spaced from a corresponding cold wall so as to provide a cooling space between them. An upstream portion of the hot wall is retained in a notch defined by the cold wall, while the downstream portions each have generally radially extending flanges. Studs pass through openings in the adjacent flanges to prevent any relative circumferential movement, while a clamp serves to attach the flanges to the inlet of a turbine. The clamp slidably retains the flanges therein so as to permit relative radial movement to accommodate any thermal expansion and contraction of the combustion chamber, solely by the appended claims.

Turbojet engine combustion chamber with a double wall converging zone

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Ormoy, France

Didier H Hernandez