COMPOSITE AEROSTRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED HEATING ELEMENT

• Main Authors: HARDMAN KYLE B, CALDER MARK A, DERX IAN C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 02.01.2024
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

가열식 복합 구조물 및 가열식 복합 구조물을 형성하기 위한 방법이 개시된다. 구조물은 열가소성 매트릭스의 내부에 매립된 탄소 섬유를 포함한다. 복합 구조물 상에서의 얼음의 형성을 방해하기 위해 복합 구조물을 가열하기에 충분한 저항성 가열을 제공하도록 전류를 전극에 인가하여 매립된 탄소 섬유를 통해 전류가 흐르게 하도록, 탄소 섬유가 전력 공급원과 연결되도록 구성되는 제 1 및 제 2 전극과 연결된다. A heated composite structure and a method for forming a heated composite structure. The structure includes carbon fibers embedded within a thermoplastic matrix. The carbon fibers are connected with first and second electrodes that are configured to be connected with an electric source such that applying current to the electrodes causes current to flow through the embedded carbon fibers to provide resistive heating sufficient to heat the composite structure to impede formation of ice on the composite structure.