Thermal Protection / Light Weight Materials Development for Future Air Force Vehicles

Abstract

The overall goals of this program are to develop fast thermal dissipation mechanisms for light weight polymer matrix fibrous composites based on moisture evaporative cooling, superconducting heat pipe arrays and thermal ceramic protective coatings for future Air Force vehicles, and associated propulsion systems. In the first year of the program the following technical areas were pursued and their progress is reported on (i) Moisture diffusion modeling and experimental liquid water capillary flow evaporative cooling together with water soluble chemicals that limit surface emission IR signatures. (ii) Ultrafast heat pipes as integrated structural members.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA564494

Entities

People

  • Junuthula N. Reddy
  • Terry Creasy

Organizations

  • Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Composite Materials
  • Convection
  • Engineering
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.