SBIR/STTR Research Award
PASSIVE VARIABLE THERMAL RESISTANCE DEVICE
Award amount
$48,603Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Metamatix Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
TWO-PHASE FLOW TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED TO CREATE PASSIVE DEVICES HAVING VARIABLE THERMAL RESISTANCES WHICH ARE A FUNCTION OF THE HEAT FLUX PRESENT. THE DEVICES ARE IN MATERIAL FORM AND THEREFORE EASILY INCORPORATED AS STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, ELECTRICAL OR MAGNETIC CIRCUIT ELEMENTS, OR OPTICAL COMPONENTS. DEVICE DESIGN APPROACH IS PRESENTED IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TERMS, SUBSYSTEMS PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED, CONCEPTS PRESENTED FOR EACH SUBSYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW THE DESIRED FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THERMAL RESISTANCE AND FLUX, UNIQUE FABRICATION AND MATERIALS CONCEPTS DISCUSSED. AN OVERALL PLAN FOR EXPERIMENT, FABRICATION AND TEST IN PHASE II PROPOSED AND ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS PRESENTED.
Technology keywords
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