Project Title: 

09.19-1504
Body Mounted Radiators on Space Structures
DWA Composite Specialties, Inc.
21119 Superior Street
Chatsworth
CA
91311-4393
Loftin
Timothy A.

49,854

Most spacecraft, particularly manned vehicles, have diversified power requirements
necessitating a variety of thermal-control capabilities for both primary systems
and contingency operations.  To accomplish these requirements, heat dissipation in
the space environment (and control in moving the heat loads) from the sources to
radiative or waste-heat areas must be accomplished reliably and simply, while maintaining
structural efficiency.  This task can be demonstrated by using composite materials
and procedures with high-conductivity Pitch-graphite tow reinforcement in either
copper- or aluminum-matrix material for simple radiator and heat-pipe applications.
 These composite materials also have lower density and higher stiffness and strength
than the unreinforced metals, and have shown "heat-piping" potential.

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