An exterior panel for hypersonic transport vehicles is formed of a superplastic metal alloy such as titanium for accommodating high thermal stresses of hypersonic flight. The exterior panel, designed as re-usable on such transport vehicles, includes an exterior skin configured for atmospheric exposure, and an interior skin configured for attachment to structural frame members of the transport vehicles. An intermediate skin is situated between a pair of multicellular cores; each multicellular core is sandwiched between the exterior and interior skins, one core being situated between the exterior and intermediate skins, while the other is situated between the intermediate and interior skins. An airflow channel (AFC) extends through at least one of the multicellular cores for cooling of the exterior panel. Each multicellular core is superplastic formed and diffusion bonded to the other, as well as to its respective pair of skins to form an exterior panel having a unified structure.
REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES
VERSTÄRKTE SUPERPLASTISCHE GEFORMTE UND DIFFUSIONSGEBUNDENE STRUKTUREN
STRUCTURES SUPERPLASTIQUES RENFORCÉES, FORMÉES ET LIÉES PAR DIFFUSION
2023-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / B21D WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL , Bearbeiten oder Verarbeiten von Blechen, Metallrohren, -stangen oder -profilen ohne wesentliches Abtragen des Werkstoffs / B23K Löten , SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING |
Reinforced superplastic formed and diffusion bonded structures
European Patent Office | 2021
|REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2021
|REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2021
|REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2021
|REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2021
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