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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Cfd Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Garry Lynn Freeman, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US);
Joseph Roger Herdy, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US);
Garry Lynn Freeman, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US);
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION, Huntsville, AL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A variable 3D CD nozzle includes: a flexible body defining a flow path having an inlet extending through a narrowed throat to an expanded outlet, wherein the flexible body comprises a plurality of flexible members movably interconnected together; and at least one means for changing a shape of the flexible body to change a dimension or location of the throat plane relative to at least one of the inlet plane or outlet plane. A method of changing airflow in a nozzle includes operating at least one means for changing the shape of the flexible nozzle body to change the dimension or the location of the throat plane. A method of testing an object includes placing a test object in the test region of the test cell and passing a test gas from the outlet opening of the nozzle onto the test object.