| 摘要 |
A heat pipe comprising a housing having an interior surface defining a closed chamber (12, 14), the chamber having an evaporator section and a condenser section, a working fluid contained in the chamber, a wick (20) of porous material intimately engaging the interior surface, extending from the condenser section to the evaporator section and defining, at least in part, a vapor space extending from the evaporator section to the condenser section and a plurality of capillary grooves (22) formed in the wick, open to the vapor space and extending from the condenser section to the evaporator section, the grooves (22) being sized to convey, by capillary action the working fluid when in a liquid phase. The heat pipe may be conveniently formed to the configuration of a component or structure such as a nose cone (10), leading edge (32), rocket nozzle (52), stator blade (53), etc. |
