| | Bypass duct fan noise reduction assembly - US Patent 6439840 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Nevertheless, in addition to the conventional bypass duct acoustic liner, few attempts have been made to reduce the rearward propagation of a fan BPF tone and its harmonics which increase a total noise level emitted from the rear of an engine, thereby more severely affecting the environment especially in a take-off condition. |
 | | The principle of the present invention is that reduction of rearward noise propagation in the bypass duct is conducted through direct attenuation or flow modulation to disrupt continuity, destroy the symmetrical pattern and absorb the sound energy of the spinning mode of the sound pressures. |
 | | According to one embodiment of the present invention a plurality of perforated baffle plates 74 are provided in the annular bypass duct 68 to divide a major section of the annular bypass duct 68 between the stator vanes 69 and the mixer device 70, into a plurality of axial flow-path segments in an asymmetrical pattern. |
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