USA as Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Patrick B Stickler

Forouzan Behzadpour

Chun-Hua K Chuang

Ryon Christopher Warren

Benjamin Joseph Palmer

David Wesley Trop

Frank D MacDonald

William John Koch

Provided is a fabrication that is simple to make and cost effective in optimizing performance for moderately extended high velocity missions of high performance airborne vehicles. To counter rapid thermal loading while providing a relatively low cost structure, a laminate, in a preferred embodiment an intermediate modulus carbon fiber laminated as fabric layers in a resin matrix, is stitched through with glass fiber material. This laminate is then cured and formed as a section of skin of a supersonic missile, enabling extended supersonic operation, nominally some minutes after the laminate's T has been reached or exceeded. Additionally, an airframe and airframe members constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention are disclosed. Compared to existing materials, it reduces cost and weight, increases thermal stability, and maximizes internal payload.

Low cost structural fabrication that resists catastrophic failure under rapid thermal loading

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Patrick B Stickler