Patent GB-1268515-A (GB)
Title: A composite gas turbine ramjet engine
Inventor: MENIOUX CLAUDE CHARLES FELIX
IPC: F02K7/16
Filed: 1969-09-04
Abstract: 1,268,515. Composite gas turbine and ramjet engine assemblies. SOC NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION. Sept. 4, 1969 [Sept. 6, 1968], No.43894/69. Heading F1J. A composite turbojet-ramjet engine comprises two ducts 3, 4 which are separated by a wall 1 and are supplied from a common air intake 5, the duct 3 being a primary duct in which is disposed a gas turbine type gas generator 8, 9, 10 and which terminates in a primary discharge nozzle 6 there being adjustable means 7 to close off the primary nozzle. The duct 4 is a secondary duct and comprises a secondary combustion chamber 11 for ramjet operation, and terminates in a secondary discharge nozzle 12. At least one communicating passage 16 is provided between the two ducts 3, 4 the passage being formed in the wall 1 downstream of the turbine and upstream of the secondary combustion chamber there being flap means 17 for obturating the passage. The flap means 17 also serve to obturate the secondary duct 4 upstream of the secondary combustion chamber. In Fig. 1 primary nozzle 6 is closed by the axially movable member 7 and the flaps 17 are disposed so that the passage 16 is open and the passage 19 of the secondary duct 4 is closed. The engine is operative as a gas turbine jet engine the combustion chamber 11 operating as a re-heat chamber; there is no flow through the secondary duct. In Fig. 2 (not shown) the flaps 17 are disposed so that the passages 16 and 19 are both open and the primary nozzle 6 is also open. Gases from the gas turbine pass in part through the nozzle 6 and in part to the combustion chamber 11 where they mix with air flowing through the secondary duct 4 the resulting gases passing through the nozzle 12. In Fig. 3 (not shown) the flaps 17 are positioned to close the passage 16 the flows through the gas turbine duct 3 and the ramjet duct 4 now being entirely separate. In Fig. 4 (not shown) the combustion equipment 9 is shut off and the ramjet unit only is operative, the gas turbine engine being rotated by air-flow therethrough so that it will become operative as soon as fuel supply to the combustion equipment is re-started. The turbine may supply sufficient power to drive auxiliaries. In a second embodiment the gas turbine engine 30, 31, 9a, 10a is of the by-pass type. In Fig. 5 the primary nozzle 6a is closed, the flaps 17a are disposed so that the passage 16a is fully open, and the sleeve 33 is disposed to close the inlet end of the secondary duct 4a; a portion of air from the LP compressor 30 passes through passage 32 into the secondary duct and mixes with exhaust gases from the turbine 10a in the combustion chamber 11a where the mixture is re-heated. In Fig. 6 (not shown) the nozzle 6a is open, the flaps 17a are in an intermediate position and the sleeve 33 is in the open position so that by-pass air from LP compressor 30 also ram air from inlet 5a flow through the secondary duct 4a. In Fig. 8 (not shown) the flaps 17a are positioned to close the passage 16a, also the fuel supply to the gas turbine engine is shut off so that the ramjet engine alone is operative. The gas turbine engine is rotated by air-flow therethrough. Constructional details of the flap assemblies 17, 17a are described.