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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Travis L. Turner, Yorktown, VA (US);
Roberto J. Cano, Yorktown, VA (US);
Richard J. Silox, Poquoson, VA (US);
Ralph D. Buehrle, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Christopher M. Cagle, Yorktown, VA (US);
Randolph H. Cabell, Hampton, VA (US);
George C. Hilton, Hampton, VA (US);
Travis L. Turner, Yorktown, VA (US);
Roberto J. Cano, Yorktown, VA (US);
Richard J. Silox, Poquoson, VA (US);
Ralph D. Buehrle, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Christopher M. Cagle, Yorktown, VA (US);
Randolph H. Cabell, Hampton, VA (US);
George C. Hilton, Hampton, VA (US);
Abstract
A jet engine exhaust nozzle flow effector is a chevron formed with a radius of curvature with surfaces of the flow effector being defined and opposing one another. At least one shape memory alloy (SMA) member is embedded in the chevron closer to one of the chevron's opposing surfaces and substantially spanning from at least a portion of the chevron's root to the chevron's tip.