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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Mbda Uk Limited, Stevenage, GB;
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, GB;
Mohammed Azad Hussain, Stevenage, GB;
Anthony Machell, Stevenage, GB;
Paul Robinson, South Kensington, GB;
Henry Alexander Maples, South Kensington, GB;
Charnwit Tridech, South Kensington, GB;
Alexander Bismarck, South Kensington, GB;
MBDA UK Limited, Stevenage, GB;
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, GB;
Abstract
A morphing skin for an air vehicle structure, the skin being formed by a composite material which includes: a multiplicity of fibers, a matrix incorporating the fibers, and a thermo-sensitive material, such as a thermo-plastic. The thermo-sensitive material can be reversibly transitionable in response to a change in temperature, between (i) an ambient temperature mode in which the thermo-sensitive material is capable of transferring loads in the composite material, and (ii) a heated mode in which the ability of the thermo-sensitive material to transfer the loads is reduced. This can allow the stiffness of the skin to be temporarily reduced to enable the skin to be morphed into a different shape.