| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a means for reducing jet engine exhaust noise wherein mixing is enhanced between adjacent exhaust flows and between exhaust flow and free-stream flow. Also disclosed is a means for improving the thrust of jet engines and for reducing the noise and drag of aircraft. The device is a segmented, triangular or trapezoidal shaped, curved extension to a nozzle's sleeve or surface trailing edge that results in a serrated trailing edge. The extensions enhance the natural free mixing of the adjacent flows and therefore reduce the acoustic energy associated with the velocity differences between the streams in which they are imbedded. The novel structure forces adjacent flows to penetrate into one another to a greater depth than that achieved with free mixing and results in a more uniform flow in a shorter stream wise distance. As a result of the enhanced mixing, drag on flow surfaces that are downstream of the devices and are scrubbed by the flows adjacent to the devices can be reduced.
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