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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Constantine Baltas, Manchester, CT (US);
Amr Ali, Windsor, CT (US);
Constantine Baltas, Manchester, CT (US);
Amr Ali, Windsor, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine () includes a fan (), a nacelle () arranged about the fan, and an engine core at least partially within the nacelle. A fan bypass passage () downstream of the fan between the nacelle and the gas turbine engine conveys a bypass airflow () from the fan. A nozzle () associated with the fan bypass passage is operative to control the bypass airflow. The nozzle includes a shape memory material having a first solid state phase that corresponds to a first nozzle position and a second solid state phase that corresponds to a second nozzle position.