Patent 9297334 was granted and assigned to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology on March, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods for influencing thrust of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of pipes positioned at an exhaust nozzle of the gas turbine engine. Each one of the plurality of pipes includes: an inlet inside the exhaust nozzle; an outlet inside the exhaust nozzle; and an intermediate portion outside the exhaust nozzle.