The method for dimensioning a multi-pole oriented-flux magnetic ring for a rotor of a rotating electric machine, where the magnetic ring includes a predetermined number of pairs of poles, and the magnetic ring is formed by at least one oriented-flux magnet. The method includes determining a characteristic dimension of the magnet equal to the minimum value out of the outer perimeter of the ring and the axial length of the ring, determining a reference value equal to the minimum value out of a predetermined reference length and twice the value Pi, comparing the characteristic dimension of the magnet with the reference value, and if the characteristic dimension of the magnet is greater than the reference value, the method comprises circumferentially dividing the magnet into at least two sub-magnets.
Method for manufacturing composite blade cleats for an aircraft turbine engine, including providing a woven panel, including a plurality of cleat preforms each having a usable portion and at least one margin, the preforms being distributed in the panel so that two adjacent preforms have at least a portion of the margin in common; injecting a matrix onto the panel; after injection, dividing the panel in order to separate the cleats from one another; machining the cleats to remove the margins.
The present invention relates to a system for converting and transporting electrical energy in a turbomachine-propelled aircraft, said system including:
at least a first rotary electric machine connected mechanically to the low-pressure shaft by means of a coupling device,
a second rotary electric machine connected mechanically to the high-pressure shaft by means of an accessory gearbox, and
said first electric power module and said second electric power module being connected electrically to an internal electrical network of the turbomachine,
a generator coupled to the accessory gearbox and intended to supply an electrical network of the aircraft with electricity, and
a control device for controlling start-up of the turbomachine by at least one rotary electric machine, for compensating for power consumed by the generator, and for implementing distribution between the power absorbed by the high-pressure shaft and the power absorbed by the low-pressure shaft.
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (France)
Inventor
Cavarroc, Marjorie Christine
Aymonier, Cyril
Giroire, Baptiste Simon
Guillaume, Bertrand
Poulon, Angélique Nadine Jeanne
Aubert, Guillaume
Abstract
A device for depositing a thick metal nitride on a sample by supercritical fluids includes a first enclosure forming a first closed volume; a second enclosure placed in the first enclosure and delimited by internal walls transparent to electromagnetic radiation forming a second closed volume intended to comprise a fluid under supercritical conditions; a heat transfer dielectric fluid circulating in the first volume around the second enclosure; a sample holder present in the second volume; an induction heating device surrounding the second enclosure; inlets for introducing a fluid and at least one precursor material into the second enclosure; and an outlet to purge the second volume.
C23C 18/12 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating; Contact plating by thermal decomposition characterised by the deposition of inorganic material other than metallic material
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FUEL CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING A TURBOMACHINE
A fuel conditioning system configured to supply an aircraft turbomachine with fuel from a cryogenic tank. The conditioning system comprising a primary heat exchanger designed to heat the fuel flow to at least one primary temperature, and at least one secondary heat exchanger, mounted downstream of the primary heat exchanger, designed to heat the fuel flow to at least one secondary temperature higher than the primary-temperature, the primary heat exchanger being configured to extract calories in the fuel flow that is at least at the secondary temperature.
F02C 3/22 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid using a special fuel, oxidant, or dilution fluid to generate the combustion products the fuel or oxidant being gaseous at standard temperature and pressure
F02C 7/224 - Heating fuel before feeding to the burner
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SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING FUEL FOR SUPPLYING AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF USE
A fuel conditioning system configured to supply a turbomachine with fuel from a cryogenic tank, the conditioning system comprising a fuel circuit connected at the inlet to the cryogenic tank and at the outlet to the turbomachine, a pump, a fuel cell configured to provide electricity to an electrical network of the aircraft, at least a first heat exchanger belonging to the fuel circuit and configured to transmit calories from the fuel cell to the fuel flow in order to heat it, and at least one second heat mounted downstream of the first heat exchanger in the fuel circuit and configured to transmit calories from the turbomachine to the fuel flow in order to heat it.
F02C 6/10 - Gas-turbine plants providing heated or pressurised working fluid for other apparatus, e.g. without mechanical power output supplying working fluid to a user, e.g. a chemical process, which returns working fluid to a turbine of the plant
F02C 7/224 - Heating fuel before feeding to the burner
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APPLICATION HEAD FOR AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING FIBRES
Application head for automated fiber placement, which application head includes at least: an application roller that is designed to apply fibers to a shaping tool which application roller is rotatably movable on its axis for applying fibers to the shaping tool, and a feed device includes a winding of a strip of fibers having a predefined orientation, the strip of fibers being configured to be transferred by unwinding from the feed device onto the application roller with at least one portion of the fibers of the strip being oriented such that they are not perpendicular to the axis of the roller.
B29C 70/38 - Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
B29C 70/54 - Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH COOLING BY HEAT-TRANSFER FLUID
An electrical system includes an electrical power module with a heat sink provided with heat-dissipating projections. The system further includes a cold plate of a heat-transfer fluid box. The cold plate has cavities which are complementary to the projections so as to receive said projections. Liquid metal is inserted between the heat sink and the cold plate, at least between the projections and the cavities.
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
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CURING MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING A TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FROM A PREFORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT BY MEANS OF SUCH A MOLD
The invention relates to a curing mold (10) for manufacturing a turbomachine component made of composite material from a preform (200), comprising: —a first and a second body (11, 12) defining an air gap receiving the preform; —at least one primary channel (21) arranged in the first and/or the second body; —an injection member (22) of a pressurized fluid in the primary channels; —at least one secondary channel (23), in which a piston (24) slides, which delimits, on the one hand, a first chamber (26) in communication with the or a primary channel and, on the other hand, a second chamber (27) in communication with the air gap, and which is designed to compress thermosetting resin which has entered the second chamber from the preform in the air gap, so as to put the preform under hydrostatic pressure.
B29C 43/34 - Feeding the material to the mould or the compression means
B29C 43/02 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor of articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
B29C 43/32 - Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
B29C 43/36 - Moulds for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
B29C 70/44 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using isostatic pressure, e.g. pressure difference-moulding, vacuum bag-moulding, autoclave-moulding or expanding rubber-moulding
B29C 70/54 - Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
A facility for pairing a metal shield to a leading edge of a preform made of composite material for the production of an aircraft turbine engine blade, the facility including a support configured to receive and hold the metal shield, —a movement hexapod which carries the support and is able to move the support along and about the three axes of an XYZ coordinate system, —an automaton which includes jaws and is configured to receive and hold the preform, and—a computing unit for controlling the hexapod and the automaton with a view to producing the pairing. The invention also relates to a method for pairing the metal shield to the leading edge of the preform made of composite material for the production of the aircraft turbine engine blade.
A part includes a substrate made of ceramic matrix composite material, the substrate being coated with a multilayer stack including at least, and in this order, starting from the substrate a tie layer including silicon; an insulation layer including a rare earth disilicate or silica; a barrier layer including a rare earth disilicate; the part further including at least one thermocouple inserted between the insulation layer and the barrier layer.
A method for manufacturing a shell mold intended for manufacturing at least one metal part by lost-wax casting, the shell mold including at least one molding cavity intended for molding the metal part, and at least one feed channel intended to convey a liquid metal to the molding cavity, the method including manufacturing a wax pattern including a part pattern intended to form the molding cavity and a feed channel pattern intended to form the feed channel, arranging at least one ceramic insert around at least a portion of the feed channel pattern, and manufacturing the shell mold around the wax pattern.
A power module includes a plurality of semiconductor-based power components and a substrate having an upper metallization receiving the components and a lower metallization opposite to the upper metallization. Optionally, a baseplate may be fixed to the lower metallization of the substrate. A metal structure is in direct contact with a lower surface defined by the either optional baseplate or the substrate, on the side opposite the components. The power module includes at least one elongated temperature sensor, at least partially immersed in the metal structure and spreading parallel to the lower surface.
H01L 23/36 - Selection of materials, or shaping, to facilitate cooling or heating, e.g. heat sinks
G01K 7/02 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples
G01K 11/3206 - Measuring temperature based on physical or chemical changes not covered by group , , , or using changes in transmittance, scattering or luminescence in optical fibres at discrete locations in the fibre, e.g. using Bragg scattering
H01L 21/48 - Manufacture or treatment of parts, e.g. containers, prior to assembly of the devices, using processes not provided for in a single one of the groups
H01L 23/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 23/057 - Containers; Seals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having an insulating base as a mounting for the semiconductor body the leads being parallel to the base
H01L 23/538 - Arrangements for conducting electric current within the device in operation from one component to another the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates
H01L 25/00 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 25/065 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
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THIN COMPACT THERMOCOUPLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A THERMOCOUPLE
The invention relates to a thermocouple comprising: —a substrate comprising an upper surface; —a first arm comprising a first horizontal part and a first connection terminal; —a second arm comprising a second horizontal part and a second connection terminal; the first arm being arranged on the upper surface of the substrate, the second arm being arranged on the first arm such that the second horizontal part at least partially covers the first horizontal part and such that the second connection terminal is in contact with the upper part of the substrate, a hot junction of the thermocouple being defined by the zone of contact between the first arm and the second arm.
G01K 7/02 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples
G01K 1/14 - Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations
H10N 10/13 - Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
H10N 10/17 - Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the structure or configuration of the cell or thermocouple forming the device
15.
PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A NON-ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT
The invention relates to a propulsion system (20) for a non-rotary-wing aircraft (3), the system comprising an alternating-current generator (24), at least one wingtip propulsion unit (22) comprising an alternating-current motor, and at least one lift-increase propulsion unit (23a-23d) comprising an alternating-current motor. The generator is connected to the lift-increase propulsion unit via a AC/DC converter (261), an intermediate DC distribution stage (260) provided with electric batteries (262) and a DC/AC converter (263a-263d). On the other hand, the generator is connected to the wingtip propulsion unit in such a way as to supply this propulsion unit with alternating current, without intermediate conversion of this alternating current into direct current.
The invention relates to a propulsion system (20) for a non-rotary-wing aircraft (3), the system comprising an alternating-current generator (24), at least one wingtip propulsion unit (22) comprising an alternating-current motor, and at least one lift-increase propulsion unit (23a-23d) comprising an alternating-current motor. The generator is connected to the lift-increase propulsion unit via a AC/DC converter (261), an intermediate DC distribution stage (260) provided with electric batteries (262) and a DC/AC converter (263a-263d). On the other hand, the generator is connected to the wingtip propulsion unit in such a way as to supply this propulsion unit with alternating current, without intermediate conversion of this alternating current into direct current.
The invention also relates to an aircraft provided with such a propulsion system.
A method of control of a power generation and control system of an aircraft including: a hybrid propulsion system including an electrical network and a propulsive energy source, at least one non-propulsive energy source, a control unit of the hybrid propulsion system, and an overall aircraft power control unit, characterized in that the method includes: the determination of an operability limit of the propulsive energy source, the monitoring of the operability of the propulsive energy source by the control unit of the hybrid propulsion system, and the control of a power generated by the propulsive energy source by the overall aircraft power control unit when the operability of the propulsive energy source is less than said determined operability limit or the control of a power generated by the propulsive energy source by the control unit of the hybrid propulsion system.
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France)
ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS-SACLAY (France)
Inventor
Fragnaud, Cédric
Roux, Stéphane
Betancur, Julian
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for non-destructively testing a part by means of transmission radiography, which method comprises the following steps of acquiring N projections (P(n)) of the part, generating calculated N images (P(n)) of the part, estimating, by successive iterations, the vector p from an initial vector p=pini and the vector c from an initial vector c=cini and/or the parameter vector a from an initial vector α=αini, by minimising the sum of the squared differences between the projections (P(n)) and the images (P(n)), processing the projections (P(n)) and/or the images (P(n)), identifying defects in the part by comparing the processed projections (P(n)) and the processed images (P(n)).
An extrusion head for additive manufacturing includes an enclosure defining a supply chamber. The enclosure includes at least one inlet port opening into the supply chamber and configured to receive a material to be extruded under pressure and a plurality of extrusion nozzles. Each nozzle is in communication with the supply chamber and opens onto the exterior of the enclosure via an outlet orifice. The nozzles of the plurality of nozzles are arranged adjacent to one another with a determined spacing between each nozzle outlet orifice.
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
A system for conditioning fuel configured to supply a main turbomachine, based on fuel from a cryogenic tank, comprising a pump configured to operate at a predetermined constant speed, at least one heat exchanger, a supply member for supplying the main turbomachine with a fuel flow, the supply member being configured to deliver a nominal flow rate when the pump is operating at a predetermined constant speed, at least one buffer tank, a first valve for controlling the supply of fuel to the buffer tank, a second valve for controlling the distribution of the fuel flew flow and a regulating device that is configured to open the second valve when the setpoint flow rate is higher than the nominal flow rate.
F02C 7/224 - Heating fuel before feeding to the burner
F02C 3/22 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid using a special fuel, oxidant, or dilution fluid to generate the combustion products the fuel or oxidant being gaseous at standard temperature and pressure
F02C 9/32 - Control of fuel supply characterised by throttling of fuel
20.
METHOD FOR DETECTING A BEARING DEFECT IN A ROTATING SYSTEM AND MONITORING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD
A method for detecting a defect in a bearing of a rotating system, includes acquiring a bearing position signal, a vibratory signal from the bearing and a theoretical characteristic vector of the bearing; determining a deterministic part of the vibratory signal and removing the deterministic part to obtain a residual signal function of the position signal; calculating, from the theoretical characteristic vector, lower and upper bounds of defect frequencies; calculating, from the vibratory signal, a spectral coherence and the square of the amplitude of the spectral coherence; calculating, from the square of the amplitude of the spectral coherence and the lower and upper bounds of the defect frequencies, a current characteristic vector of the bearing; determining a spectral cyclic contrast of the defect; finely identifying signatures of interest by calculating a weighted integrated cyclic coherence associated with the defect, and determining diagnostic indicators easily interpretable by an operator.
This method for determining a frictional coefficient of an aircraft on a runway includes the steps of:
producing a database of frictional coefficients simulated for various types of aircraft and various runway conditions by applying simulation data to models representing the braking of aircraft when landing, for various braking scenarios; and
predicting a frictional coefficient from real data of the aircraft for which the frictional coefficient is determined from data stored in the database.
G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
A nickel-based superalloy comprises in weight percentages: 5.4 to 6.0% of aluminium, 7.5 to 9.0% of tantalum, 0.10 to 0.25% of titanium, 5.5 to 7.5% of cobalt, 4.0 to 5.5% of chromium, 0.10 to 0.70% of molybdenum, 4.0 to 5.0% of tungsten, 4.8 to 6.2% of rhenium, 0.04 to 0.15% of hafnium, 0 to 0.15% of silicon, the remainder consisting of nickel and unavoidable impurities. The invention also relates to a single-crystal blade comprising such an alloy and to a turbomachine comprising such a blade.
C22C 19/05 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on nickel with chromium
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
Molding core for manufacturing an OMC hollow aeronautical part, in particular a fan module part, including a composite material including on the one hand a first phase of formula Mn+1AlCn, where n=1 to 3, and M being a transition metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, niobium, chromium or zirconium, the composite material including on the other hand a second phase of formula Al4C3
B29C 33/54 - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING - Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles made of powdered or granular material
B29C 33/38 - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING - Details thereof or accessories therefor characterised by the material or the manufacturing process
B29C 70/46 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
24.
Foundry core for manufacturing a hollow metal aeronautical part
B22C 9/10 - Cores; Manufacture or installation of cores
B22C 1/00 - Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof; Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds
A method for manufacturing a diaphragm holder for a shock absorber of the oleo-pneumatic type, in particular for an aircraft landing gear. The diaphragm holder includes a first end with a dome, and a tubular portion extending from the dome to a second end. The method includes a step of overmolding a first material onto an insert. The insert can be a second material with a value of compression breaking stress divided by density that is higher than the first material or alternatively, of a material identical to the first material. A diaphragm carrier which can be manufactured by this method.
F16F 15/023 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using fluid means
26.
IMPROVED COUNTER-FORM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A METAL AERONAUTICAL PART
A counter-form for producing metal aeronautical parts, in particular a turbine part by solid-phase densification, including a composite material containing, on the one hand, a first phase having formula Mn+1AlCn, where n=1 to 3 and M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and/or molybdenum and/or niobium and/or chromium, and, on the other hand, a second phase having formula Al4C3.
A method for manufacturing a fibrous preform for a blade or propeller part of a turbomachine, includes at least one fixing base extended by a mounting portion of an aerodynamic profile, the method including the winding of a fibrous texture, obtained by contour weaving, on a substrate of changing section having at least a first region of extra thickness in the shape of the fixing base and a second region in the shape of the mounting portion of the aerodynamic profile.
B29C 70/22 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least two directions forming a two dimensional structure
B29B 11/16 - Making preforms characterised by structure or composition comprising fillers or reinforcements
B29C 53/56 - Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally
B29C 70/32 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core on a rotating mould, former or core
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
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METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A TURBINE ENGINE
INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON (France)
Inventor
Abboud, Dany
El Badaoui, Mohammed
Antoni, Jérôme
Girardin, François
Mbailassem, Fulbert
Abstract
A method for monitoring a turbine engine, said method including, for at least one blade of a rotor with which the turbine engine is equipped, the steps of: obtaining a plurality of samples of at least one analogue time signal acquired by means of at least one fixed proximity sensor and representing a passage of said at least one blade in front of said at least one proximity sensor; calculating a deflection of said at least one blade for each of said samples: determining, in the form of a linear combination of sinusoidal signals, a so-called “approximation signal”, minimizing a cost function evaluating a deviation between said calculated deflections and said approximation signal; and monitoring the vibratory behavior of said at least one blade on the basis of frequencies and/or amplitudes and/or phases of the sinusoidal signals that make up said approximation signal.
A method for manufacturing a turbomachine vane made of composite material and having a cavity, the method includes producing a core having the shape of the cavity of the vane to be manufactured, the core including a reinforcing structure occupying only a portion of the volume of the core, the core further including a sealed envelope defining the outer surface of said core; and forming a composite material skin around the core.
B29C 70/68 - Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts by incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or layers
B29C 70/48 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs and impregnating the reinforcements in the closed mould, e.g. resin transfer moulding [RTM]
B29C 70/86 - Incorporating in coherent impregnated reinforcing layers
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VANE COMPRISING A REINFORCED CAVITY
A method for manufacturing a composite material vane with a cavity, includes making a core with the shape of the cavity of the vane to be manufactured, the core including a reinforcing structure occupying only part of the volume of the core, the remaining volume of the core being occupied by a material of a fleeting nature, forming a composite material skin around the core, and eliminating the fleeting material to obtain a composite material vane with a cavity reinforced by the reinforcing structure.
B29C 70/68 - Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts by incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or layers
B29C 70/48 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs and impregnating the reinforcements in the closed mould, e.g. resin transfer moulding [RTM]
B29C 70/86 - Incorporating in coherent impregnated reinforcing layers
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
A turbomachine may include a high-pressure turbine connected to a high-pressure shaft and a low-pressure turbine connected to a low-pressure shaft, the hot gases leaving the high-pressure turbine driving the low-pressure turbine. A method for regulating the turbomachine includes electrically assisting the high-pressure shaft in order to provide said high-pressure shaft with electrical energy in addition to thermal energy obtained from a combustion chamber of the turbomachine, for an assistance period, and correcting the speed of the low-pressure shaft to achieve a reference speed of the low-pressure shaft that was previously determined in the absence of electrical assistance.
F02C 7/36 - Power transmission between the different shafts of the gas-turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user
F01D 21/14 - Shutting-down of machines or engines, e.g. in emergency; Regulating, controlling, or safety means not otherwise provided for responsive to other specific conditions
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION STRUCTURE WITH CONTROL OF THE POSITIONING OF AN ACOUSTIC SKIN
A method for manufacturing an acoustic attenuation structure including the following steps: making a complex acoustic multi-element panel including a plurality of hollow complex acoustic elements and a plurality of partitions forming acoustic cavities, each complex acoustic element being housed in an acoustic cavity so as to form an acoustic cell, making a first skin, piercing a plurality of perforations on the first skin at determined locations to form a multi-perforated acoustic skin, assembling the complex acoustic multi-element panel with the multi-perforated acoustic skin. The multi-perforated acoustic skin including on its assembly face a plurality of positioning studs configured to cooperate with a hollow complex acoustic element or an acoustic cavity during the assembly of the complex acoustic multi-element panel with the multi-perforated acoustic skin.
B32B 3/12 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. apertured or formed of separate pieces of material characterised by a layer of regularly-arranged cells whether integral or formed individually or by conjunction of separate strips, e.g. honeycomb structure
B32B 3/26 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B32B 27/28 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising copolymers of synthetic resins not wholly covered by any one of the following subgroups
A method for inspecting the surface finish of a cast part made of single-crystal metal, the surface of the part potentially containing defects resulting from an inhomogeneity of orientation of at least a crystal lattice of the single-crystal metal, the method including acquiring, using an image-acquiring device, a series of images of the cast part illuminated by a polarized and collimated illuminating device, then analysing the series of images by an image-processing device, each image of the series of images being taken at a different polarization angle.
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS- SACLAY (France)
SAFRAN (France)
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (France)
Inventor
Schneider-Die-Gross, Julien Paul
Mendoza Quispe, Arturo
Roux, Stéphane
Abstract
A method for characterizing a mechanical part making it possible to evaluate the residual stresses in the part, as well as a method for constructing a predictive model and a non-destructive testing method making it possible to easily test such a part, the characterizing method including the following steps: measuring geometrical information of the part in a first state, physically transforming the part between the first state and a second state, measuring geometrical information of the part in its second state, determining the displacement field between the first state and the second state of the part by a digital image correlation method and obtaining the deformation field between the first state and the second state of the part, determining the stress field in the second state of the part by a finite element simulation method.
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST ONE DEFECT ON A TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PART BY BREAKING THE IMAGE DOWN INTO PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS
Associaton pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodws et Processus Industriels (A.R.M.I.N.E. (France)
Inventor
Remacha, Clément
Redoules, Guillaume
Aublet, Axel
Abstract
A method for determining the presence of at least one defect in a three-dimensional part on the basis of a reference base, wherein:
an image of the part is acquired by tomography;
the image is segmented and the segmented image is registered with respect to the images of the reference base;
the subdomains associated with the registered segmented image are determined; and
for each subdomain of the registered segmented image, the following steps are carried out:
registering the subdomain;
breaking down the subdomain with respect to the principal modes of the reference base;
generating a synthetic image of the subdomain from the breakdown, which is subtracted from the registered segmented image of the subdomain; and
determining that a defect is present on the basis of the comparison of the value of each pixel of the residual image with a predetermined threshold.
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (France)
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (France)
Inventor
Rame, Jérémy
Cormier, Jonathan
Mataveli Suave, Lorena
Menou, Edern
Abstract
The invention relates to a nickel-based superalloy comprising in weight percentages: 5.0 to 6.0% of aluminium, 6.0 to 9.0% of tantalum, 1.0 to 5.0% of cobalt, 5.0 to 7.5% of chromium, 0 to 1.0% of molybdenum, 4.0 to 6.0% of tungsten, 0.50 to 3.5% of rhenium, 1.0 to 4.0% of platinum, 0.05 to 0.25% of hafnium, 0 to 0.15% of silicon, the remainder consisting of nickel and unavoidable impurities. The invention also relates to a single-crystal blade comprising such an alloy and to a turbomachine comprising such a blade.
A method for manufacturing turbomachine disks is provided. The method includes: providing a nickel alloy powder; and shaping the powder to obtain a disk. Providing a powder can include: manufacturing a nickel alloy electrode by PAM-CHR; atomizing a nickel alloy by EIGA from the nickel alloy electrode, leading to a raw powder; and sifting the raw powder under inert atmosphere or under vacuum with a granulometric cut-off between 150 μm and 50 μm, leading to the nickel-based alloy powder. In some examples, the granulometric cut-off can be between 125 μm or 75 μm.
B22F 9/08 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from liquid material by casting, e.g. through sieves or in water, by atomising or spraying
B22F 3/17 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor by forging
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
38.
ACOUSTIC TREATMENT DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION ASSEMBLY, AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
An acoustic treatment device for an aircraft propulsion assembly includes two skins that enclose an acoustic structure. The acoustic structure has a cellular structure with hollow cells and a structure of shapes with protruding shapes, each of which is engaged in a different hollow cell of the cellular structure. The structure of shapes additionally has stubs designed to fit into the hollow cells of the cellular structure and to allow the acoustic treatment device to be fixed to a component of the aircraft propulsion assembly.
A fuel conditioning system configured to supply an aircraft turbine engine with fuel from a cryogenic tank. The fuel circuit comprising a buffer tank for supplying the turbine engine and a plurality of compression modules configured to supply the buffer tank, each compression module comprising an elementary tank of fixed volume, an elementary heat source configured to increase the temperature of the fuel in the elementary tank in an isochoric manner, an inlet valve connecting the elementary tank to an upstream part of the fuel circuit, an outlet valve connecting the elementary tank to the buffer tank, and a venting valve connecting the elementary tank to the cryogenic tank via a return circuit in which a gaseous stream circulates.
The invention relates to a method, navigation device and computer program product for assisting with the navigation of a vehicle provided with a navigation device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a priori values of variables of a navigation device of the vehicle; determining current values of the variables and a current uncertainty matrix from previous values of the variables and a previous uncertainty matrix; and determining a correction from the current values of the variables, the current uncertainty matrix and a measurement.
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
41.
AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH START-UP CONTROL DEVICE
A propulsion system includes a gas turbine designed so that a combustion chamber can be ignited in a first ignition range of rotational speeds of a compressor shaft. The system further includes a control device designed to control an electric starter to accelerate the compressor shaft and, when the compressor shaft is accelerated, to control an attempt to ignite the combustion chamber. The gas turbine is designed so that the combustion chamber can be ignited in a second ignition range which is higher than the first ignition range, but not between these two ignition ranges, and the ignition attempt is carried out in the second ignition range.
A tooling for winding a fibrous fabric on a support, allowing gradual modification of the shape of the support as winding progresses, and includes compaction devices to reduce wrinkling of the fabric obtained after compaction.
B29C 70/34 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core and shaping or impregnating by compression
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
B29C 70/32 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core on a rotating mould, former or core
B29K 105/08 - Condition, form or state of moulded material containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns
43.
Method for manufacturing an acoustic panel by welding
A method for manufacturing an acoustic panel by welding of at least two acoustic components made of thermoplastic material, a thermal gradient being applied on the acoustic components during the welding operation so as to apply a temperature higher than the glass transition or melting temperature of the material on the area to be welded and so as to apply a temperature lower than or equal to the geometric stabilization temperature of the material on the parts furthest from the area to be welded.
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France)
Inventor
Soulier, Mathieu
Laucournet, Richard
Bancillon, Jacky
Montani, Alexander
Bechelany, Mirna
Jaquet, Virginie
Saboundji, Amar
Abstract
A method includes coating of one or more zones of the refractory alloy part, using a treatment composition including one or more types of preceramic polymer, a solvent and one or more active fillers, and heat treating the coated refractory alloy part, the heat treatment allowing to partially convert the preceramic polymer to form a ceramic layer, the active filler forming on a surface of the refractory alloy part, one or more ternary alloys and forming a continuous layer between the surface of the refractory alloy part and the ceramic layer obtained by conversion. The heat treatment forms a continuous layer of the ternary alloy. The treatment composition includes, relative to the total weight of the treatment composition, a weight proportion of between 40% and 66% of the one or more active fillers, and an active filler/preceramic polymer weight ratio is greater than or equal to 2.
B22C 9/12 - Treating moulds or cores, e.g. drying, hardening
B22C 3/00 - Selection of compositions for coating the surfaces of moulds, cores, or patterns
B22C 9/10 - Cores; Manufacture or installation of cores
C23C 24/08 - Coating starting from inorganic powder by application of heat or pressure and heat
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
A spectral interrogation device, including: an optical source for emitting a light signal, a measurement optical fibre comprising a series of successive Bragg gratings for reflecting the light signal in different wavelength bands, a reflective optical fibre comprising a total reflection element, a wavelength detector, and an optical switch for switching between a sequence of three operating modes. In a first mode, the light signal emitted by a given optical source is guided from the optical source to a corresponding measurement optical fibre. In a second mode, the light signal is guided to make a predetermined number of return trips in a line formed by a coupling between the measurement optical fibre and a corresponding reflective optical fibre, generating a predetermined delay between the successive gratings. In a third mode, the light signal is guided to a corresponding detector to successively measure the wavelength bands associated with the gratings.
G01D 5/353 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells influencing the transmission properties of an optical fibre
46.
VANE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING A METALLIC REINFORCEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A VANE
A method for manufacturing a vane made of composite material for a turbomachine, including the steps of three-dimensional fibre weaving and producing a fibrous preform, reinforcing an edge of the preform intended to form a leading edge of a blade of the vane, by integrating a metallic reinforcement on this edge, mounting the preform and the reinforcement in a mould, densifying the preform by a matrix to form the vane, wherein, prior to the integration of the reinforcement, the method includes a step of introducing at least one reinforcement support configured to be interposed between the reinforcement and the edge, and wherein at the densification step, the support is enveloped with the matrix to bond the edge and the reinforcement with a predefined and homogeneous minimum thickness.
B29C 70/68 - Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts by incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or layers
A fibrous structure intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a part made of composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The fibrous structure includes at least a first portion having a first type of weave and a second portion, continuing on from the first portion, having a second type of weave, the warp yarns and the weft yarns having a degree of interweaving in the first type of weave that is greater than the degree of interweaving of the warp yarns and the weft yarns in the second type of weave.
D03D 1/00 - Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
D03D 13/00 - Woven fabrics characterised by the special disposition of the warp or weft threads, e.g. with curved weft threads, with discontinuous warp threads, with diagonal warp or weft
D03D 25/00 - Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
48.
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL SYSTEM
Method for controlling a turbomachine equipped with a gas generator, the turbomachine including at least one electric machine forming a device for the injection/take-off of power onto/from one of the low-pressure/high-pressure rotating shafts of the gas generator. Said method has steps included in a loop which include determining, for at least one shaft and according to a speed setpoint, of a variation dU in a power command; determining, for all of the electric machines as a whole and according to an injection/take-off setpoint, of a variation dPelec in a power injection/take-off command; and determining a command including components pertaining to fuel flow rate and to power injection/take-off for each electric machine, according to the variations dU dPelec, and according to the operational limits of the turbomachine.
F02C 9/56 - Control of fuel supply conjointly with another control of the plant with power transmission control
F02C 3/113 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor with two or more rotors connected by power transmission with variable power transmission between rotors
49.
DISTRIBUTED PROPULSION WITH OFFSET PROPULSION MODULES
INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPAC (France)
SAFRAN (France)
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (France)
Inventor
Gonidec, Patrick
Aguirre, Miguel Angel
Duplaa, Sébastien
Robic, Bernard
Rodriguez, Benoit
Tantot, Nicolas Jérôme Jean
Abstract
A propulsion unit including: a gas generator including a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine, at least two compressed-air propulsion modules, each propulsion module including: a fan, a compressed-air turbine configured to drive the rotation of the fan, a manifold allowing the respective turbines of the compressed-air propulsion modules to be supplied with compressed air, wherein the manifold is configured to collect and mix: at least a portion of the flow that has passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator, typically as it leaves the turbine, and at least one bypass flow, the bypass flow being a flow of air which is not passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator.
F02C 3/04 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor
B64D 27/10 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plant of gas-turbine type
F04D 17/02 - Radial-flow pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids having non-centrifugal stages, e.g. centripetal
A fibrous texture for a blade has a three-dimensional weave between a first plurality of yarn layers and a second plurality of yarn layers, includes a blade aerofoil part extending between a first edge and a second edge. The texture includes a first part with at least three yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns and at least three yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns. Yarns of the two yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns bind yarns of the second plurality of yarns to the two yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns with a determined binding frequency.
D03D 25/00 - Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
51.
STATOR PART OF A TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING A BLADE AND A FIN DEFINING BETWEEN THEM A DECREASING SURFACE FROM UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM IN THE GAS FLOW DIRECTION
A stator part of a turbomachine includes a platform, a blade, and a fin. The blade and the fin extend from the platform. The platform, an extrados of the blade and the fin define therebetween a gas flow channel. The channel has a section in a plane normal to an axis of the turbomachine, the section having a surface area, the surface area continuously decreasing from upstream to downstream with reference to a general gas flow direction through the turbomachine.
An assembly including a turbine engine casing, in particular for an aircraft, the turbine engine casing including an annular or cylindrical radially outer shell, provided with a radially inner surface, and an aerody-namic treatment member including a plurality of grooves distributed in a circumferential direction. The radially outer shell includes a circumferential recess in which the aerodynamic treatment member is removably mounted, the treatment member extending along at least one angular sector and having a shape that matches that of the circumferential recess, the treatment member including a circumferential opening into which the plurality of grooves open.
A nickel-based superalloy including, in weight percentages, 5.5 to 7.5% of aluminum, 1.0 to 4.0% of tantalum, 0.50 to 3.0% of titanium, 3.0 to 7.0% of cobalt, 8.0 to 12.0% of chromium, 0 to 2.5% of molybdenum, 0 to 3.0% of tungsten, 0.50 to 2.8% of rhenium, 0.05 to 0.25% of hafnium, 0 to 0.15% of silicon, the remainder consisting of nickel and unavoidable impurities.
A power supply system comprising: a first converter module comprising an AC/DC converter and being arranged to produce an intermediate voltage from an input voltage; a second converter module comprising a DC/DC converter and being controllable to use the intermediate voltage to produce selectively at least two distinct output voltage levels; and a control unit arranged to acquire a flight parameter representative of the flight phase and/or of the altitude, and to control the power supply system in such a manner that the second converter module delivers to each electrical system a power supply voltage that depends on the flight parameter and on said electrical system, and that is equal to one of the output voltage levels.
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE (France)
Inventor
Abboud, Dany
Barrau, Axel
Leiber, Maxime
Marnissi, Yosra
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for estimating a speed (v) of movement of a wheeled vehicle, wherein a frequency trajectory (ξt) representative of the speed (v) of a wheel (RO) of the vehicle (VE) in a filtered spectrogram (S(ft, t)) is estimated (E5) as follows: a probability (pZt|ξt) of observation of the trajectory (ft) is estimated (E51) on the basis of a computed amplitude of the filtered spectrogram (S(ft, t)), an a posteriori observation law (pZt|ξt) proportional to the product of the probability (pξ) and of the probability (pξ|Z)′ is estimated (E52), the trajectory (ft) is estimated (E53) on the basis of the law (pξ|Z), and the speed (v) of movement of the wheel of the vehicle is estimated (E6) on the basis of the trajectory (ξt).
G01P 3/48 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage
G01H 1/10 - Measuring vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector of torsional vibrations
G01N 29/46 - Processing the detected response signal by spectral analysis, e.g. Fourier analysis
G01P 3/50 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring linear speed
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (France)
Inventor
Sallot, Pierre Jean
Huvelin, Zhao
Perrut, Mikael
Bachelier-Locq, Agnès
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of TiAl intermetallic foundry alloys. More particularly, it relates to such an alloy comprising:
44≤Al≤47 at. %;
0
A method for manufacturing a turbomachine component made of composite material includes the step of creating a shaped fibrous preform by three-dimensional weaving of filaments to create a fibrous texture which is wound in several superposed layers onto a mandrel of a profile corresponding to that of the component that is to be manufactured, so as to obtain the fibrous preform of a shape corresponding to that of the component that is to be manufactured, the filaments being divided into warp filaments and weft filaments, the warp filaments being interwoven with the weft filaments in a three-dimensional weave. The method further includes the step of creating a stiffening zone in the fibrous preform, the stiffening zone being formed of at least one layer of warp filaments not interwoven with weft filaments that is interposed between the interwoven warp filaments and weft filaments.
F01D 25/00 - Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
B29K 105/08 - Condition, form or state of moulded material containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B32B 5/12 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments characterised by the relative arrangement of fibres or filaments of adjacent layers
B32B 5/26 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous one layer being a fibrous or filamentary layer another layer also being fibrous or filamentary
D03D 25/00 - Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
58.
METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH THE NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLE
Method, navigation device and computer program product for assisting with the navigation of a vehicle equipped with a navigation device, comprising the following steps: acquiring (201) a priori values of kinematic variables of the navigation device, determining (202) respective current values of kinematic variables of the navigation device and a current uncertainty matrix representative of an uncertainty of the respective current values of the kinematic variables, based on respective previous values of the kinematic variables, determining (203) a correction, updating (204) the respective current values of the kinematic variables based on the correction and on the current uncertainty matrix.
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
59.
METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH THE NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLE
Method, navigation device and computer program product for assisting with the navigation of a vehicle equipped with a navigation device, comprising the following steps: acquiring a priori values of kinematic variables of the navigation device, determining (202) respective current values of the kinematic variables of the navigation device and a current uncertainty matrix representative of an uncertainty of the respective current values of the kinematic variables, based on respective previous values of the kinematic variables, a previous uncertainty matrix representative of an uncertainty of the respective previous values of the kinematic variables and a model of Earth's gravity experienced by the navigation device, the modeled gravity increasing with an altitude of the navigation device.
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
SORBONNE UNIVERSITE (France)
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (ENSAM) (France)
CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET METIERS (France)
Inventor
Ducousso, Mathieu Loïc
Cuenca, Edouardo
Coulouvrat, François
Berthe, Laurent
Abstract
A method for focusing acoustic waves on an interface between two layers of a multilayer structure includes providing laser means able to emit a laser beam toward an exterior surface of the multilayer structure to produce a longitudinal wave from the centre of a laser-beam spot projected onto the exterior surface and a transverse wave from the periphery of said spot, determining the distance between said interface and the exterior surface, determining one or more propagation velocities of each of the longitudinal wave and the transverse wave in the one or more layers passed through by said waves to reach said interface, and determining a radius of the laser-beam spot depending on the one or more propagation velocities and on said distance so that the time taken by the longitudinal wave to reach said interface is equal to three times the time taken by the transverse wave to reach said interface.
A surface heat exchanger for an aircraft turbomachine includes a support wall, a panel parallel to the support wall, partitions connecting the wall to the panel to define channels in which an air flow flows, and fins situated in the channels. The panel has a central part parallel to the wall and a downstream part that is inclined with respect to the wall. An upstream end is connected to the central part and a downstream end is situated at a distance from the wall and delimits with the latter a main outlet of the channels. The downstream part has fixed flaps disposed one after another so as to delimit between one another additional outlets of the channels.
F28D 1/053 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or mo with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
F28F 1/32 - Tubular elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only outside the tubular element and extending transversely the means having portions engaging further tubular elements
A turbojet includes in succession, from upstream to downstream in the flow direction of a primary air stream: a low-pressure casing, an intermediate casing, and a high-pressure casing that are longitudinally aligned and which jointly delimit an internal annular passage for the circulation of the air stream. The intermediate casing delimits a portion of the annular passage called a gooseneck and includes: an air discharge system able to extract air from the air stream circulating in a first zone of the gooseneck and to discharge it outside the passage, and an air extraction system able to extract air circulating in a second zone of the gooseneck for an air conditioning system, the second air extraction zone being located downstream of the first air extraction zone.
F02C 9/18 - Control of working fluid flow by bleeding, by-passing or acting on variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or their stages
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hollow part made of composite material for an aircraft turbomachine, wherein: a) a preform is produced by the three-dimensional weaving of threads; b) the preform is cut so as to provide a separation; c) the cut preform is deformed so as to provide an orifice then comprising a first and a second open end (27a, 27b); d) the deformed preform is placed into an injection mould; e) a resin is injected in order to impregnate the whole of the deformed preform; f) the resin is polymerised; and g) a composite part is extracted from the mould; characterised in that: h) a flexible mandrel (31) with a predetermined shape is positioned in the orifice before the injection step e); i) the flexible mandrel (31) is removed after step f) or the demoulding step g), the composite part then having a hollow core (25).
F01D 5/18 - Hollow blades; Heating, heat-insulating, or cooling means on blades
B29C 37/00 - Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group or
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
B29C 70/48 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs and impregnating the reinforcements in the closed mould, e.g. resin transfer moulding [RTM]
This invention relates to a superconducting electric machine (1), for example with axial flux or with radial flux, comprising an inductor (3) comprising superconducting pellets (7) circumferentially distributed around an axis (X) of the electric machine (1) and a flux barrier (12) comprising a superconducting material, said flux barrier (12) being centered on the axis (X) of rotation and extending radially inward of the superconducting pellets (7).
The present invention relates to a superconducting electric machine (1) comprising an inductor (3) having: —superconducting pellets (7) circumferentially distributed about an axis (X) of the electric machine (1), —an armature (2) comprising coils (5), each coil (5) having a circumferential radially inner edge (10) and a circumferential radially outer edge (9), and—at least one flow barrier (12, 12′) extending circumferentially with respect to the axis (X), each flow barrier (12) extending between the superconducting pellets (7) and the armature (2) so as to at least partially cover at least one of the radially outer edge (9) and the radially inner edge (10) of all or part of the coils (5) of the armature (2).
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a part, comprising the steps of chemically etching, in a wet acid medium, at least a portion of a surface of a substrate made of a monocrystalline superalloy, comprising at least one element chosen from rhenium and ruthenium, the substrate having a γ-γ′ phase, the substrate having an average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium greater than or equal to 3%, the chemical etching being done in such a way that the average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium over the portion of the surface of the substance is less than 2%, and a step of depositing on the portion of the substrate a protective coating having a γ-γ′ phase and an average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium of less than 1%.
B22D 11/112 - Treating the molten metal by accelerated cooling
B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
B22D 11/041 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into open-ended moulds for vertical casting
B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand
B22D 21/00 - Casting non-ferrous metals or metallic compounds so far as their metallurgical properties are of importance for the casting procedure; Selection of compositions therefor
B22D 27/04 - Influencing the temperature of the metal, e.g. by heating or cooling the mould
B22D 41/015 - Heating means with external heating, i.e. the heat source not being a part of the ladle
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the state of mechanical components such as bearings and gears on a shaft line equipping a rotating machine. Said method includes a step of obtaining at least one measurement yc[k] of the absolute acceleration of the shaft, as well as a set of steps of: obtaining a value fr[k] of the rotational frequency of the shaft, determining a matrix H[k] making it possible to define a state model described by: [k+1]=x[k]+w[k]etY[k]=[(y_c [k])¦SE[k]]=H[k]×x[k]+v[k], determining an estimator of the vector x[k] based on data from the state model, said set of steps further including, for at least one mechanical component, steps of: determining, from said estimator, a quantity characteristic of a contribution of said component to the vector Y[k], comparing said quantity with a threshold, detecting a possible defect of said at least one mechanical component.
The invention relates to a propulsion system (1, 1) for an aircraft, comprising a rotor (2) and a nacelle failing (3) that extends around said rotor in relation to an axis (X) and includes an upstream portion (10) forming an inlet section (BA) of the nacelle fairing (3) as well as a downstream portion (20), a downstream end (21) of which forms an outlet section (BF) of the nacelle fairing (3); and characterized in that the downstream portion (20) has a radially inner wall (20a) and a radially outer wall (20b), both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material, and in that the downstream end (21) includes pneumatic or hydraulic actuators (23, 23′) extending in different consecutive angular sectors about said axis (X), each actuator being independently actuatable and being configured to deform, in a direction that extends radially in relation to said axis (X) and is centered angularly in relation to its angular sector, under the effect of a predetermined control pressure.
A system for controlling discharge doors of a turbomachine includes: a ring and a device connecting the ring to each discharge door. The ring is made up of bars connected end-to-end by rotary links ensuring that a bar pivoting on itself causes the other bars to pivot on themselves, with each discharge door being connected to a corresponding bar in order to open or close when this bar pivots
F02C 9/18 - Control of working fluid flow by bleeding, by-passing or acting on variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or their stages
71.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE COMPLIANCE OF A WORKPIECE
Method for checking the compliance of a workpiece, comprising the following steps: estimating a risk of non-compliance of characteristic on the basis of a law of probability associated with the characteristic; and verifying whether the estimated risk of non-compliance satisfies a decision criterion and, if so, declaring that the workpiece is compliant for characteristic; if not, measuring a value of the characteristic, determining whether or not the workpiece is compliant based on the measured value, and updating the law of probability associated with characteristic based on the measured value.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
72.
CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING POWER TRANSISTORS OF AN INVERTER ARM
A control circuit for a first switch includes at least one transistor, the first switch being arranged in series with a second switch in an inverter arm of an electrical power supply device supplying a load connected to the mid-point of the series arrangement of the first and second switch. The control circuit is configured to adjust the gate-source voltage of the at least one transistor of the first switch according to a control scheme including, during a deactivation period of the first switch, the increase of the gate-source voltage in a time window including the deactivation of the second switch and the reduction of the gate-source voltage in a time window including the activation of the second switch.
H02M 7/539 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters with automatic control of output wave form or frequency
B64D 41/00 - Power installations for auxiliary purposes
H02M 1/088 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters for the simultaneous control of series or parallel connected semiconductor devices
H03K 17/0812 - Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the control circuit
73.
HYBRID TURBOFAN ENGINE FOR AN AIRCRAFT, COMPRISING A MOTOR/GENERATOR COOLED BY HEAT PIPES
A hybrid turbofan engine for an aircraft, comprising a fan, an electric motor/generator and a gas generator, the engine comprising, between the fan and a splitter that separates the flows, an internal wall for delimiting an air duct, situated upstream of inlet guide vanes of a primary duct, and, upstream of outlet guide vanes, an internal upstream wall for delimiting a secondary duct, the motor/generator having a stator carried by a stator support fixed to a stator part of the engine. According to the invention, a plurality of heat pipe for cooling the motor/generator are provided, each heat pipe having an evaporation section fixed to the stator support, and a condensation section fixed to the internal wall or the internal upstream wall.
Method for manufacturing an aeronautical part by additive manufacturing, the part to be manufactured extending around a central axis and comprising at least two walls angled with respect to one another and connected to one another by means of at least one connection section comprised in a connection plane perpendicular to the central axis, the method comprising: providing a digital model of the part to be manufactured, orienting the digital model with respect to a vertical construction direction of the part so that the central axis of the part has an angle β of between 0.1° and 1°; and manufacturing the part by additive manufacturing from the digital model obtained in the orientation step.
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
Inventor
Schneider-Die-Gross, Julien Paul
Jailin, Clément
Mendoza Quispe, Arturo
Roux, Stéphane
Abstract
Method for processing a plurality of X-ray tomography volume images each associated with a part, the plurality of volume images comprising a reference volume image, including:
a step of correlating volume images to obtain a displacement field between each image and the reference image, to obtain a plurality of displacement fields minimizing the difference between the volume images,
a processing by a dimensionality reduction method of the plurality of the image displacement fields to express them according to eigenmodes, and
a statistical analysis of the fields expressed according to the eigenmodes.
A stator assembly including plural stator vanes distributed around an axis of revolution of the stator assembly, a chord of the stator vane, taken at a root of the stator vane, not overlapping, in the direction of the axis of revolution, a chord of an adjacent stator vane, taken at a root of the adjacent stator vane, and a chord of the stator vane, taken at a tip of the stator vane, overlapping, in the direction of the axis of revolution, a chord of the adjacent stator vane, taken at a tip of the adjacent stator vane.
A plate heat exchanger, in particular for an aircraft turbo machine, between a first fluid and a second fluid, the first fluid being intended to circulate in a first direction and the second fluid being intended to circulate in a second direction different from the first direction, the heat exchanger having stacked stages for circulation of the first fluid, and profiled elements at the inlet and outlet of the stages, the profiled elements having a sawtooth-shaped cross-section and defining channels converging at the inlet of the stages and diverging at the outlet of the stages.
F02C 7/14 - Cooling of plants of fluids in the plant
F28D 9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
78.
METHOD AND LINE FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL WITH MULTIPLE ACOUSTIC ELEMENTS FOR AN ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION STRUCTURE
A method for continuously manufacturing a complex acoustic multi-element panel for an acoustic attenuation structure, the method including supplying a thermoplastic resin film at the entry of a stamping system including at least one pair of complementary cylinders, a heating of the thermoplastic resin film upstream of the entry of the stamping system, and a passage of the thermoplastic resin film between the at least one pair of complementary cylinders, the pair of complementary cylinders including a male cylinder with teeth radially protruding from the cylinder and a female cylinder with cavities on its radial surface, the cavities of the female cylinder being of shapes complementary to the shapes of the teeth of the male cylinder and a separation of the stamped film at the exit of the stamping system using a separator disposed at the exit of the stamping system between the stamped film and the female cylinder.
B32B 3/28 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet, e.g. corrugated, crumpled
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
G10K 11/168 - Plural layers of different materials, e.g. sandwiches
79.
FUEL CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD CONFIGURED TO POWER AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE USING FUEL FROM A CRYOGENIC TANK
Disclosed is a fuel conditioning system (SC) configured to supply an aircraft turbine engine using fuel (Q) from a cryogenic tank (RC), the conditioning system (SC) comprising at least one pumping turbomachine (1), a first heat exchanger (31) configured to heat the fuel (Q) in the fuel circuit (CQ) by circulating an air stream (A), and at least one heating turbomachine (2) configured to supply an air flow (A) to the first heat exchanger (31), the heating turbomachine (2) comprising an air intake compressor (21), a combustion chamber (24) and an air exhaust turbine (22) configured to drive the air intake compressor (21), the combustion chamber (24) being supplied with air taken from the air flow (A) and with the fuel (Q) from the fuel circuit (CQ).
A method includes for each of the portions of a guide of the actuator, obtaining an operating signal measured when a movable element of the actuator travels over the guide portion in question, upon each of a plurality of successive activations of the actuator; for each of the guide portions, seeking wear of the actuator from the operating signals obtained for this guide portion; and locating the wear on the guide or on the motor according to the guide portions from which the wear has been found.
Blower vane for an aircraft turbine engine, the vane comprising a blade connected to a root, the vane being made of a woven fibre-based composite material embedded in a polymeric resin, the vane further comprising a medium for identifying the vane, which is a radio-identification medium, the blower vane being characterised in that it comprises at least a first portion the fibres of which are only electrically conductive fibres, and at least a second portion the fibres of which are formed by a mixture of electrically conductive fibres and non-electrically conductive fibres, and in that the identification medium is located in or on the second portion.
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29D 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
B29K 63/00 - Use of epoxy resins as moulding material
B29K 105/08 - Condition, form or state of moulded material containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns
A device comprising: a stand; a frame rotatably mounted relative to the stand; a control arm rotatably mounted on the frame; a roll spider rotatably mounted on the frame; a pitch spider rotatably mounted on the control arm; a roll motor that is stationary relative to the frame and that includes a roll pin rotatably mounted on the roll spider; and a pitch motor that is stationary relative to the frame and that includes a pitch pin rotatably mounted on the pitch spider. A rotary connection device.
G05G 9/047 - Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a vane (11) of a turbine engine comprising a pressure-face wall (14) and a suction-face wall (15) spaced apart from one another, this vane (11) comprising a tip (S) with:
a bottom wall (18) extending from the pressure-face wall (14) to the suction-face wall (15), each of which comprises a free edge (19, 21) extending beyond this bottom wall (18) to delimit, together with this bottom wall (18), a squealer shape (B);
a partition wall (22) extending from the pressure-face wall (14) to the suction-face wall (15) and spaced apart from the bottom wall (18) to delimit, together with this bottom wall (18), a cavity (C) under the squealer tip;
the method including:
a moulding step to form at least the pressure-face wall (14), the suction-face wall (15) and the partition wall (22);
—a step of forming the bottom wall (18) using an additive manufacturing method by adding metal material.
This method for stopping at least one aircraft turbogenerator (1) comprises: —controlling the stopping (E1) of the turbogenerator (1); —passing from the nominal operating speed (Nref) of the power shaft (3, 12) to a first operating speed (N1) lower than the nominal speed (Nref), for a first predetermined duration (t2); —controlling the extinction of the combustion chamber (6) of the gas turbine (2); —maintaining the rotation of the gas turbine at a second speed (N2) for a second predetermined duration (t3), the power shaft (3, 12) being at a second speed (N2) lower than the first operating speed (N1) and, —controlling the stopping of the reversible electric machine (7) in order to no longer drive the power shaft (3, 12), in order to cause a progressive stopping (E9, E10) of the rotation of the gas turbine (2).
A power transmission system for an aircraft turbine engine including a speed reducer including a ring gear that is able to rotate about an axis X, formed from half-rings having annular flanges clamped together by first fastener. The reducer includes an annular channel for recovering centrifuged oil, having a U-shaped cross section, extending around the flanges, this channel being formed by an axial assembly of at least two parts and forming a fairing for the flanges and the first fastener intended to limit aerodynamic disturbances.
A method for determining an efficiency fault of at least one module of a turboshaft engine of an aircraft. The method comprising a step of determining an estimated real mapping, a step of determining real indicators from the estimated real mapping, a step of determining a plurality of simulated mappings from a simulation of a theoretical model of the turboshaft engine for different efficiency configurations, a step of determining simulated indicators for each simulated mapping, a step of training a mathematical model by coupling the simulated indicators with efficiency configurations, and a step of applying said mathematical model to the real indicators so as to deduce therefrom a real efficiency configuration.
B64F 5/60 - Testing or inspecting aircraft components or systems
F02C 7/00 - Features, component parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups ; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
88.
COUNTERCURRENT HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A TURBOMACHINE, TURBOMACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE EXCHANGER
A counter-current heat exchanger for a turbomachine comprising a first and a second circuit, the first and the second circuit being respectively configured to receive a first gas flow and a second gas flow, each circuit including a secondary inlet manifold, an exchanging part and a secondary outlet manifold; the exchanging parts of the first circuit and of the second circuit being delimited by exchange walls configured to direct the first and the second gas flow along a first direction; and wherein the secondary inlet manifold and the secondary outlet manifold of the first circuit extend along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and open onto a same face of the exchanger.
F02C 7/141 - Cooling of plants of fluids in the plant of working fluid
F28D 1/047 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or mo with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag
A method for manufacturing a turbine engine vane a root connected to a blade extending in a longitudinal direction includes the steps of providing a root; and providing mold with a first cavity and a second cavity that together define a recess in which the vane is formed. The recess includes a first space in which the blade is formed and a second space in which the root is formed. The method further includes the steps of providing aluminum strips; positioning a fibrous reinforcement; arranging the vane root in the second space; and injecting a foam comprising aluminum or injecting an aluminum alloy into the first space of the recess of the mold such that the foam impregnates the fibrous reinforcement.
B22D 19/14 - Casting in, on, or around, objects which form part of the product the objects being filamentary or particulate in form
B22D 19/02 - Casting in, on, or around, objects which form part of the product for making reinforced articles
B22D 19/04 - Casting in, on, or around, objects which form part of the product for joining parts
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
C22C 47/06 - Pretreatment of the fibres or filaments by forming the fibres or filaments into a preformed structure, e.g. using a temporary binder to form a mat-like element
C22C 47/08 - Making alloys containing metallic or non-metallic fibres or filaments by contacting the fibres or filaments with molten metal, e.g. by infiltrating the fibres or filaments placed in a mould
D03D 1/00 - Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
D03D 15/242 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the material of the fibres or filaments constituting the yarns or threads inorganic, e.g. basalt
A method for manufacturing a blade for a turbine engine, including a root connected to a vane extending in a longitudinal direction, includes providing an assembly having a first part intended to form a root of the blade and a projecting second part projecting in the longitudinal direction from the first part; providing a mold comprising a first impression and a second impression delimiting together a cavity, said cavity comprising a first space and a second space; arranging the first part in the first space of the cavity and the second part in the second space of the cavity; and forming a third part by injecting an aluminium-based alloy in the cavity.
A method for manufacturing a conductor of a winding of a coil, includes manufacturing a heat-sink preform including a phase-change material, depositing a conductive element by layer deposition of electrically conductive material on the heat-sink preform, including inserting the heat-sink preform into an electrolytic solution of the electrically conductive material, and; electrodeposition for depositing the electrically conductive material on the heat-sink preform.
H02K 3/22 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors consisting of hollow conductors
H02K 9/20 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil wherein the cooling medium vaporises within the machine casing
92.
METHOD FOR WINDING A FILAMENT FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (ENSAM) (France)
SAFRAN (France)
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET METIERS (France)
Inventor
Theze, Alexis
Guinault, Alain
Regnier, Gilles
Abstract
The present invention relates to an assembly for a turbomachine turbine extending along an axis (X), comprising: —an ejection cone (100) comprising a radially outer annular wall (102) defining a flow duct for a flow of hot gases and a sound box radially arranged inside the outer annular wall (102), the sound box comprising a radially inner annular wall (104), —a connecting member (106) intended to be axially inserted between the exhaust housing and the ejection cone (100), the connecting member (106) comprising an upstream annular flange (108) intended to be attached to the exhaust housing and a plurality of downstream securing tabs (110) connected to the inner annular wall (104), —an annular sealing shroud (112) comprising an upstream portion surrounding the securing tabs (110) of the connecting member (106) so as to cover the spaces circumferentially located between the securing tabs (110) and axially located between the upstream annular flange (108) of the connecting member (106) and the radially inner annular wall (104).
A method for manufacturing a composite material part having a cellular structure that includes at least one cell delimited by walls. The method includes supplying at least a first core, providing a web of a first fibrous reinforcement comprising a plurality of long discontinuous fibers randomly distributed in a plane, and producing at least one strip of the first fibrous reinforcement. The method further includes producing a second fibrous reinforcement in the shape of a sock, inserting the first core into the sock, draping the strip around the sock containing the first core, placing the sock containing the first core and the wrapped strip in a mold, and thermocompression.
B29C 70/22 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least two directions forming a two dimensional structure
B29C 70/46 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs
F02K 1/54 - Nozzles having means for reversing jet thrust
94.
INSTRUMENTATION COMB FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE WITH SENSORS AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
Instrumentation comb for an aircraft engine including a central tube with a longitudinal axis on which a determined number of orifices spaced apart along this longitudinal axis are drilled and a base forming a proximal end of this tube and intended to be fixed on a crankcase portion of the aircraft engine, each orifice being associated with a sensor for measuring a physical parameter of the aircraft engine and the base integrates a slave processing unit connected to each of the measuring sensors by a communication link able to receive in real time digital measurement data corresponding to the physical parameters measured by the measuring sensors and intended to be communicated to a master processing unit by a single communication link.
The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a support wall and a first plurality of fins that each stand proud from an outer surface of the support wall and are designed to have a first air flow pass over them. According to the invention, the heat exchanger comprises, downstream of the first plurality of fins, a second plurality of fins that each stand proud from the outer surface of the support wall, the first and second pluralities of fins being separated by distribution means which are configured in such a way that the first air flow flows outside the second plurality of fins and a second air flow flowing outside the first plurality of fins passes through the second plurality of fins.
In the field of determining the three-dimensional profile of a surface, a system and a method for determining such a three-dimensional profile use a plenoptic camera and a structured lighting system. The method includes: acquiring a sequence of plenoptic images, each formed by a set of pixels each associated with a light intensity of an imaged surface element, and including a plurality of sub-images of the surface from different viewing angles, projecting onto the surface a sequence of structured images synchronised with the sequence of plenoptic images illuminating each imaged surface element by a succession of light intensities different from the successions of light intensities which illuminate the other imaged surface elements, constructing, for each pixel of the plenoptic image, an intensity vector representing the succession of light intensities, and pairing each pixel of a sub-image with a pixel of another sub-image depending on a similarity of the intensity vectors.
A nickel-based superalloy part includes a nickel-based superalloy substrate, and a metal sublayer covering the substrate, wherein the metal sublayer includes a first and a second layer, the first layer being located between the substrate and the second layer, the first layer including a first γ′-Ni3Al phase and a second γ-Ni phase, the second layer including a first γ′-Ni3Al phase, a second γ-Ni phase and a third β-NiAl phase, the average atomic fraction of aluminum in the second layer being strictly greater than the average atomic fraction of aluminum in the first layer.
A method for protecting coils from excessive heating in an aircraft electrical machine comprising a stator (12) and a rotor (14) configured to be rotationally driven with respect to one another, the stator including a plurality of notches (120) receiving one and the same plurality or otherwise of coils, the method including the following successive steps:
inserting an electrical insulator (16) into the notches or onto the teeth of the stator,
installing the coils (18) in the notches or on the teeth of the stator, casting a phase change material (20) in the notches or on the teeth equipped with the coils, the electrical insulator forming a casting mold.
H02K 15/12 - Impregnating, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines
H02K 3/34 - Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation between conductors or between conductor and core, e.g. slot insulation
H02K 15/02 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
99.
PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATION OR CORROSION OF A HOLLOW PART MADE OF A SUPERALLOY
A protection method protects at least one hollow internal area of a turbine engine part made of a superalloy from oxidation and/or corrosion, wherein the at least one hollow inner area has been formed by means of at least one core made of a ceramic material limited by an external surface that surrounds it. Before bringing the superalloy around the core made of a ceramic material, the external surface is coated with a material that includes a nanometric layer of hafnium (Hf), and/or a micrometric layer of platinum (Pt), or
A protection method protects at least one hollow internal area of a turbine engine part made of a superalloy from oxidation and/or corrosion, wherein the at least one hollow inner area has been formed by means of at least one core made of a ceramic material limited by an external surface that surrounds it. Before bringing the superalloy around the core made of a ceramic material, the external surface is coated with a material that includes a nanometric layer of hafnium (Hf), and/or a micrometric layer of platinum (Pt), or
a mixture at least of hafnium and platinum.
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
C23F 11/18 - Inhibiting corrosion of metallic material by applying inhibitors to the surface in danger of corrosion or adding them to the corrosive agent in other liquids using inorganic inhibitors
100.
LASER HEATING FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPAIR OF A TURBINE BLADE
A device for laser heating of a mechanical part of the turbine blade or turbine blade element type, including: one or more laser emitters, for respectively emitting at least a first laser radiation at a first predetermined power towards a first target area of the part and for emitting a second laser radiation at a second predetermined power towards a second target area of the part, different from the first target area, the second predetermined power being different from the first predetermined power.
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