Thermal management for a flight deck or other aviation surface

A method for managing a thermal load of gas downwardly directed onto a support surface, the method comprising covering at least a portion of the support surface with a substantially flat sheet supported by a plurality of support members, wherein:

• the substantially flat sheet has a plurality of open funnel-like channels therethrough, each fluid channel having an upper opening at an upper surface of the sheet and a corresponding spout-like lower opening at a lower surface of the sheet;
• the support members are arranged to lie on a support surface in a spaced-apart arrangement with the sheet resting on the support members so that the sheet is thereby positioned substantially parallel to and offset vertically above the support surface, the support surface and the sheet thereby defining a containment space;
• the area of each upper opening is larger than the area of each corresponding lower opening;
• and
• each of the spout-like lower openings is canted so as to impart lateral momentum on gas flowing into the upper opening and out of the lower opening into the containment space.

A method for forming a thermal management surface system, the method comprising:

• forming a substantially flat sheet having a plurality of open funnel-like channels therethrough, each fluid channel having an upper opening at an upper surface of the sheet and a corresponding spout-like lower opening at a lower surface of the sheet;
• and
• forming a plurality of support members,
• wherein:
• the support members are arranged to lie on a support surface in a spaced-apart arrangement with the sheet resting on the support members so that the sheet is thereby positioned substantially parallel to and offset vertically above the support surface, the support surface and the sheet thereby defining a containment space;
• the area of each upper opening is larger than the area of each corresponding lower opening;
• and
• each of the spout-like lower openings is canted so as to impart lateral momentum on gas flowing into the upper opening and out of the lower opening into the containment space.