US 12,031,504 B2
Gas turbine engine with third stream
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US); Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US); David Marion Ostdiek, Liberty Township, OH (US); Craig William Higgins, Liberty Township, OH (US); and Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,384.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044304 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F02K 3/065 (2006.01); F02C 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 3/065 (2013.01) [F02C 3/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct;
a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and
a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct, the gas turbine engine defining a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10,
wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.