Multi-Functional Materials for Thermal Control of Sensors and Electronics

摘要

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.