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Method of manufacturing the wall of a combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket engine, and a combustion chamber obtained by the method
Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines SAS
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Filing: 1991-11-21
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Granted: 1993-08-10
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Expires: 2011-11-21
Abstract
Abstract The method of manufacturing a combustion chamber wall, in particular for a rocket engine, includes the following steps: [a] making a corrugated metal inner shell by deforming a first plane or tubular sheet; [b] making a metal outer shell from a second plane or tubular sheet; [c] assembling the corrugated inner shell and the outer shell together and welding them together locally; [d] forming an inner coating on the inside face of the corrugated inner shell by the technique of powder metallurgy using a container for the material that is to constitute the inner coating, the outside face of said container being constituted directly by the inside face of said corrugated inner shell and the inside face of said container being made using removable non-consumable sections or a soluble core that is removed by selective chemical dissolving after the inner coating has been formed by applying a hot isostatic compacting cycle; and [e] forming an outer coating on the outside face of the outer shell.
Inventors
- 👤 Georges Vandendriessche
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 23:23
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02K; F02K9/00; F02K9/42; F02K9/60; F02K9/62; F02K9/64; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49346
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
A method of manufacturing a combustion chamber wall having essentially longitudinal channels, in particular for a rocket engine, comprising the steps of: (a) making a corrugated metal inner shell by deforming a first plane or tubular metal sheet; (b) making a metal outer shell having an inside face and an outside face from a second plane or tubular metal sheet; (c) assembling the pre-shaped corrugated inner shell and the pre-shaped outer shell together and welding them together by weld fillets along predetermined substantially longitudinal regions, thereby creating in the single step of welding, finished channels for a cooling fluid or a heating fluid; (d) forming an inner coating on the inside face of the corrugated inner shell by the technique of powder metallurgy using a container having an inside wall and an outside wall, the container receiving a powder material that is to be subjected to a hot isostatic compacting cycle to constitute the inner coating, the outside wall of said container being made using removable non-consumable sections or a soluble core that is removed by selective chemical dissolving after the inner coating has been formed by applying said hot isostatic compacting cycle; and (e) forming an outer coating in one piece on the outside face of the outer shell.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
210 words
A method of manufacturing a combustion chamber wall having essentially longitudinal channels, in particular for a rocket engine, comprising the steps of: (a) making a corrugated metal inner shell by deforming a first plane or tubular metal sheet; (b) making a metal outer shell having an inside face and an outside face from a second plane or tubular metal sheet; (c) assembling the pre-shaped corrugated inner shell and the pre-shaped outer shell together and welding them together by weld fillets along predetermined substantially longitudinal regions, thereby creating in the single step of welding, finished channels for a cooling fluid or a heating fluid; (d) forming an inner coating on the inside face of the corrugated inner shell by the technique of powder metallurgy using a container having an inside wall and an outside wall, the container receiving a powder material that is to be subjected to a hot isostatic compacting cycle to constitute the inner coating, the outside wall of said container being made using removable non-consumable sections or a soluble core that is removed by selective chemical dissolving after the inner coating has been formed by applying said hot isostatic compacting cycle; and (e) forming an outer coating in one piece on the outside face of the outer shell.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the outer coating is formed directly on the outside face of the outer shell by plasmaforming using metal or ceramic powder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein the outer coating deposited by plasmaforming is constituted by a layer of alloy whose composition varies within the thickness of said layer of alloy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the metal outer shell is made without corrugations merely by curving said second sheet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein a metal outer shell having corrugations is made by deforming said second sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of the metal inner shell and of the metal outer shell, if any, are made by shaping the first and second sheets using a hydroforming technique.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of the metal inner shell and of the metal outer shell, if any, are made by a technique of deforming the first and second sheets in the superplastic region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of the metal inner shell and of the metal outer shell, if any, are made by forming the first and second sheets by a technique of stamping or folding.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of the metal inner shell and of the metal outer shell, if any, are made by a technique of deforming the first and second sheets after they have been shaped into the form of circularly symmetrical half-shell components that are delimited by a diametral plane, or in the form of sectors of cylinders, cones, or bullet-shapes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated inner shell and the outer shell are assembled together by welding using one of the following techniques: laser welding; diffusion welding; micro-TIG welding; brazing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein an inside face that is embossed, corrugated, or smooth is formed on the inner coating by powder metallurgy using the technique of a soluble core or the technique of removable sections.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the dimensions and the surface state of the inside face of the inner coating are finished by at least one of the following techniques: chemical machining and a finishing operation using an abrasive paste under pressure.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the outer coating is formed directly on the outside face of the outer shell by circumferential banding or by winding using a composite material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the outer coating is formed directly on the outside face of the outer shell by electroplating.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
113 words
A method according to claim 1, further consisting in forming and interposing between the outer shell and the outer coating a first additional cooling or heating assembly comprising an additional corrugated metal shell and an additional metal outer shell made and assembled together in accordance with above-mentioned steps [a] to [c] for forming first and second series of alternating additional passages for passing at least one cooling fluid or heating fluid, in further assembling together and locally welding together the additional corrugated inner shell and the outer shell, and in forming the outer coating on the outside face of the additional outer shell instead of on the outside face of the outer shell.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
170 words
A method according to claim 1, further consisting in forming and interposing between the outer shell and the outer coating a plurality of additional cooling or heating assemblies each comprising an additional corrugated metal inner shell and an additional metal outer shell made and assembled together in accordance with above-mentioned steps [a] to [c] to form within each additional cooling or heating assembly first and second alternating series of additional passages for passing at least one cooling fluid or heating fluid, in assembling together and locally welding together [i] the outer shell and the additional corrugated inner shell of the innermost additional cooling or heating assembly and [ii] the additional corrugated inner shell of each of the other additional cooling or heating assemblies and the additional outer shell of the immediately adjacent additional cooling or heating assembly, and in forming the outer coating on the outside face of the additional outer shell of the outermost additional cooling or heating assembly, and not on the outside face of the outer shell.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 15, wherein corrugations are additionally formed on each additional outer shell prior to assembling it, thereby constituting a honeycomb structure of additional cooling or heating passages.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 16, wherein corrugations are additionally formed on each additional outer shell prior to assembling it, thereby constituting a honeycomb structure of additional cooling or heating passages.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the passages formed between the inner and outer shells and the additional inner and outer shells, if any, are filled with grains or powders that generate catalytic reactions in the cooling or heating fluid.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
11 words
A combustion chamber obtained by the method according to claim 1.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the outer coating has a thickness lying in the range of two millimeters to four millimeters.
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