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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffery L. Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Seattle, WA (US);
Moushumi Shome, Kent, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and processes that integrate thermoplastic and shape memory alloy materials to form an adaptive composite structure capable of changing its shape. For example, the adaptive composite structure may be designed to serve as a multifunctional adaptive wing flight control surface. Other applications for such adaptive composite structures include in variable area fan nozzles, winglets, fairings, elevators, rudders, or other aircraft components having an aerodynamic surface whose shape is preferably controllable. The material systems can be integrated by means of overbraiding (interwoven) with tows of both thermoplastic and shape memory alloy materials or separate layers of each material can be consolidated (e.g., using induction heating) to make a flight control surface that does not require separate actuation.