Highly Vented Truss Wall Honeycomb Structures

Authors

David J. Sypeck

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

12-19-2017

Abstract/Description

A vented honeycomb structure with a plurality of honey­comb cells arranged in a hierarchical order and having a plurality of truss walls, each truss wall including a plurality of members. The vented honeycomb structure is fabricated by joining a plurality of sheets of trusses using any one of an expansion, a corrugation, and a slotting process. Fabri­cation can also occur by deposition, casting, additive, extru­sion, or aligning and joining methods. The honeycomb cells, truss walls, truss wall openings, and truss wall members can be functionally graded.

Patent Number

US 9,845,600 B2

Assignee

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Application Number

13/537,252

Date Filed

6-29-2012

Scholarly Commons Citation

Sypeck, D. J. (2017). Highly Vented Truss Wall Honeycomb Structures. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2041