RTX Corporation
SUPPLEMENTAL THRUST SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

Abstract:

An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a flowpath duct, a fuel injector assembly and a secondary duct. The flowpath duct includes a flowpath. The fuel injector assembly includes an inner flow passage. The fuel injector assembly is configured to mix fuel with first gas within the inner flow passage to provide a fuel-gas mixture. The fuel injector assembly is configured to direct a jet of the fuel-gas mixture into the flowpath. The secondary duct is configured to direct second gas into the flowpath about the jet of the fuel-gas mixture.