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US 10,682,823 B2Granted
Self-healing metal composite tube walls
AssigneeHyperloop Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKristen Hammer, Blake Cole
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Abstract
A tubular structure including an outer tube an inner tube arranged within the outer tube and at least one chamber formed between the outer tube and the inner tube. The tubular structure additionally includes at least one self-healing material arranged in the chamber, wherein the self-healing material is configured to solidify and/or expand upon contact with a reacting material.
Claims16
A tubular structure comprising:
- an outer tube;
- an inner tube arranged within the outer tube;
- at least one chamber formed between the outer tube and the inner tube;
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- at least one self-healing material arranged in the chamber, wherein the self-healing material is configured to solidify and/or expand upon contact with a reacting material,
- wherein the at least one self-healing material comprises first and second self-healing materials, wherein the first self-healing material is configured to solidify upon contact with a first foreign fluid, and the second self-healing material is configured to solidify upon contact with a second foreign fluid.
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