This citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. The weight and cost of aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, and buildings could be reduced by incorporating as a part of the mechanical structure such hardware as electric wires, pneumatic lines, fiber optics, and hollow tubes for acoustic transmission. For example, an automobile could include wires, fuel lines, and heating and coolant lines all in one load-supporting structure. The new proposal, originally suggested for spacecraft, is a set of uniformly-sized mass-producible modular structural elements that contain electric, fluid, and other transmission lines. ...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact: Director, Technology Transfer Division, P.O. Box 8757, BWI Airport, MD 21240. Refer to GSC-12523/DB.


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    Title :

    Structural Modules Would Contain Transmission Lines: Electrical, fluid, and other lines would be encapsulated in proposed load-bearing elements


    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    1 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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