| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for producing a conduit system (10) for use on-board a vehicle (3) is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a plurality of source apparatuses (4) and one or more sink apparatuses (6) located onÂboard the vehicle (3). Using relative locations of the identified source and sink apparatuses a digital model (62) is produced for the conduit system (10) including specifying conduits (12-24) for coupling the source apparatuses (4) to the sink apparatuses (6) and arranging the conduits (12-24) in a nested configuration where adjacent conduits share common conduit walls so that heat transfer between a first relatively high temperature conduit and a second relatively low temperature conduit fulfils at least one predetermined criteria and, using the digital model (62), producing the conduit system. A corresponding conduit system produced by an Additive Manufacturing process is also claimed. |
