Cellular Materials Applications

Engineers designing armored vehicles, automobiles, ships, and aircraft are searching for novel solutions to a diverse set of problems that can easily be met by CMI's Microtruss™ technology. CMI is actively pursuing a variety of applications in which blast and ballistic force mitigation, lightweight structural strength and high efficiency thermal management requirements are critical.

Examples of applications in development or production include:

• Blast and/or Ballistic protection armor for military platforms and buildings.
• Structurally strong, magnetic-field-generating panels for hypersonic space vehicles.
• Space Re-entry vehicle parts which provide thermal management as well as structural support.
• Passive Jet Blast Deflectors capable of supporting structural load and transferring heat.
• Munitions container structures which offer impact/blast energy absorption from accidental or sympathetic detonations.

Examples of potential applications for CMI's cellular materials:

• Use in conjunction with shape memory alloys to design earthquake-resistant buildings.
• Use in automobile bumpers and headliners.
• Use for power storage in fuel cells.
• Use for catalytic support.

Structural Properties

Armor Technology

Thermal Management