Design of a Multifunctional Aircraft Skin With Energy Harvesting via Entropy Generation Minimization

Author(s)

Kristopher Ahlers, Air Force Research Laboratory
Brian Sanders, Air Force Research Laboratory
Kevin P. Hallinan, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

11-2006

Publication Source

ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

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

Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2006, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Publisher

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Ahlers, Kristopher; Sanders, Brian; and Hallinan, Kevin P., "Design of a Multifunctional Aircraft Skin With Energy Harvesting via Entropy Generation Minimization" (2006). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications. 50.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mee_fac_pub/50