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.


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    Title :

    REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES


    Contributors:
    VASEL COREY (author)

    Publication date :

    2021-04-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B32B LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM , Schichtkörper, d.h. aus Ebenen oder gewölbten Schichten, z.B. mit zell- oder wabenförmiger Form, aufgebaute Erzeugnisse



    Reinforced superplastic formed and diffusion bonded structures

    VASEL COREY | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES

    VASEL COREY | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES

    VASEL COREY | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES

    VASEL COREY | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    REINFORCED SUPERPLASTIC FORMED AND DIFFUSION BONDED STRUCTURES

    VASEL COREY | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access