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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Haydn N. G. Wadley, Keswick, VA (US);
Douglas T. Queheillalt, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Haydn N. G. Wadley, Keswick, VA (US);
Douglas T. Queheillalt, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); E04C 2/34 (2006.01); E04C 2/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/34 (2013.01); E04C 2/3405 (2013.01); E04C 2/365 (2013.01); E04C 2002/345 (2013.01); E04C 2002/3455 (2013.01); E04C 2002/3472 (2013.01); E04C 2002/3488 (2013.01);
Abstract
Light-weight, heat-managing structures feature open-cell lattice, honeycomb, and/or corrugated (prismatic) arrangements in their substructures, combined with heat pipe/heat plate arrangements for managing heat to which the structures are subjected. The structures are well suited to aerospace applications and may be employed in the leading edge of wings or other airfoil-shaped components; gas turbine engine components; rocket nozzles; and other high-heat, high-stress environments.