Multi-Functional Materials for Thermal Control of Sensors and Electronics

Abstract

Research focuses on development of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) sandwich-structures that combine the heat storage function with structural functionality. Heat storage is via the latent heat of a component of the composite structure. The principal application is thermal control of variable-power avionics systems such as intermittently operated radar. The primary advantage of this approach is that such multi-functionality results in a smaller, less massive thermal control/structural system. In addition, the TES component of the system can be designed so that its thermal performance is g-load/orientation insensitive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417602

Entities

People

  • Alan Fuchs
  • Richard Wirtz
  • Yanyao Jiang

Organizations

  • University of Nevada, Reno

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Block Copolymers
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Copolymers
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Phase Transformations
  • Polymeric Films
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems