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Design of a Multifunctional Aircraft Skin With Energy Harvesting via Entropy Generation Minimization
ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
11-1-2006
Abstract
The Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM) approach is applied to the design of a new integrated radar aircraft skin, which both meets requisite aircraft structural needs and provides a pathway for the waste heat from structurally integrated power devices. Thermoelectric (TE) devices, sandwiched between a heterogeneous skin layer and the radar devices for the purpose of harvesting waste heat rejected to the ambient, are considered in the analysis. A heterogeneous skin layer is designed using the EGM approach, which is then applied to the overall mission of the aircraft to determine the optimal skin thickness and volume fractions of the matrix and inclusions in the composite skin.
Inclusive pages
537-545
ISBN/ISSN
0791847659
Copyright
Copyright © 2006, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Kristopher Ahlers, Brian Sanders and Kevin P. Hallinan. "Design of a Multifunctional Aircraft Skin With Energy Harvesting via Entropy Generation Minimization" ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2006) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kevin-hallinan/24/
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