Patent ID: 7988092
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft having a wing, the wing comprising: an airfoil to provide lift; at least one engine assembly to provide propulsion for the aircraft, the at least one engine assembly including: a plurality of vortex-generating devices attached to and extending out of the engine support structure downstream of the engine cowl and the nacelle, each of the vortex-generating devices disturbing the flow of hot gases, deviating a hot boundary layer of the flow of hot gases and absorbing the hot boundary layer by mixing the hot gases with the cold air, wherein the plurality of vortex-generating devices are spaced apart from each other and disposed along a direction in which the flow of hot gases is discharged from the engine cowl, wherein each of the vortex generating devices is substantially aft of an output of the engine cowl from which the hot gases are discharged.