| Url |
https://cimne.com/sgp/rtd/Project.aspx?id=696 |
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| Acronym |
ECO-COMPASS |
| Project title |
Ecological and Multifunctional Composites for Application in Aircraft Interior and Secondary
Structures |
| Official Website |
http://www.eco-compass.eu/ |
| Reference |
690638 |
| Principal investigator |
Gabriel BUGEDA CASTELLTORT - bugeda@cimne.upc.edu
|
| Start date |
01/04/2016 |
End date |
30/06/2019 |
| Coordinator |
DLR |
| Consortium members |
- SAS L-UP
- AIRBUS-DE
- UNIMAN
- INEGI
- SDU
- HIT
- Shanghai aircraft manufacturing co.,ltd.
- China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co.,Ltd
- IMR
- MTC
- TWI
- ILT
- UTAS
- ACAE
- COMAC
- THU
- AVIC BIAM
- AVIC ARI
- LEITAT
- ITP
- HUST
- AVIC II STC
- UPAT-ELLAB
- AIRBUS SAS (FRANCIA)
- TJU
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| Program |
H2020 (2014-2020) |
Call |
H2020-MG-2015_SingleStage-A |
| Subprogram |
SC4-Smart, green & integrated transport |
Category |
Europeo |
| Funding body(ies) |
EC |
Grant |
$244,892.89 |
| Abstract |
Composites are important materials used in aircrafts due to their excellent mechanical properties combined with relatively
low weight enabling the reduction of fuel consumption. Expensive carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) are used in
fuselage and wing structures and increasingly replace classic metals. Glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP) are mainly used
for the interior panels. All these composite materials used in aviation have one thing in common: they are man-made.
Renewable materials like bio-fibres and bio-resins are under investigation for a long time for composites but they did not
made it into modern aircraft yet.
The project ECO-COMPASS aims to bundle the knowledge of research in China and Europe to develop ecological improved
composites for the use in aircraft secondary structures and interior. Therefore bio-based reinforcements, resins and
sandwich cores will be developed and optimized for their application in aviation. Furthermore the use of recycled man-made
fibres to increase the mechanical strength and multifunctional aspects of bio-composites will be evaluated. To withstand the
special stress in aviation environment, protection technologies to mitigate the risks of fire, lightning and moisture uptake will
be investigated. An adapted modelling and simulation will enable the optimization of the composite design. Electrical
conductive composites for electromagnetic interference shielding and lightning strike protection will be investigated as well.
A cradle to grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) will be carried out to compare the new eco-composites with the state-of-theart
materials.
17 partners will be involved in ECO-COMPASS, nine from China and eight from Europe. The cooperation includes the
exchange of knowledge and materials in order to optimize the development of ecological friendly composites. The
cooperation will deepen the general relationship between both continents. The duration of the project is three years. |
