24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-4.2.R.1

THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF THRUST REVERSER CASCADE

H. Yao, J. Butterfield, S. Raghunathan, R. Cooper, E. Benard
School of Aeronautical Engineering, The Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Keywords: hrust reverser, cascade, unsteady compressible flow, aerodynamics

A key component of an aircraft power plant system is the thrust reverser. The thrust reverser considered in this paper uses the natural blockage concept, with only the fan duct flow being reversed. This paper focuses on the study of the aerodynamic performance of the cascade within a cold stream thrust reverser.

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