Variable area exhaust mixer for a gas turbine engine

A variable area exhaust mixer is provided for a gas turbine engine. The variable area exhaust mixer includes an outer wall with a multiple of doors. Each of the multiple of doors is operable to control a passage entrance into at least one of a multiple of circumferentially arrayed vanes with a respe...

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Hauptverfasser: Zamora, Sean P, Lovett, Jeffery A, Messersmith, Nathan L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A variable area exhaust mixer is provided for a gas turbine engine. The variable area exhaust mixer includes an outer wall with a multiple of doors. Each of the multiple of doors is operable to control a passage entrance into at least one of a multiple of circumferentially arrayed vanes with a respective strut flow passage which essentially alters its bypass ratio during flight to match requirements.