Exotensioned structural members with energy-absorbing effects

Brockwell, Michael Ian

Title: Exotensioned structural members with energy-absorbing effects

Patent · Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1209481

Brockwell, Michael Ian

Structural members having enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass include a skeleton structure formed from strips of material. Notches may be placed on the strips and a weave of tensile material placed in the notches and woven around the skeleton structure. At least one pair of structural members can be jointed together to provide very strong joints due to a weave patterns of tensile material, such as Kevlar, that distributes stress throughout the structure, preventing stress from concentrating in one area. Methods of manufacturing such structural members include molding material into skeletons of desired cross section using a matrix of molding segments. Total catastrophic failures in composite materials are substantially avoided and the strength to weight ratio of structures can be increased.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Assignee:: Brockwell, Michael Ian

Patent Number(s):: 9,102,130

Application Number:: 14/093,430

OSTI ID:: 1209481

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 30

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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