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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Timothy R. Conners, Statesboro, GA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy R. Conners, Statesboro, GA (US);
Assignee:
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A supersonic nacelle design employing a bypass flow path internal to the nacelle and around the engine is disclosed herein. A set of aerodynamic vanes may be used to shape a supersonic airflow within a bypass around an engine. The vanes may be capable of directing the subsonic airflow around the engine, and then expanding the subsonic airflow into a supersonic exhaust. The vanes may shape the airflow by reducing sonic boom strength, cowl drag, and airframe interference drag.