Reprint

ECO-COMPASS

Ecological and Multifunctional Composites for Application in Aircraft Interior and Secondary Structures

Edited by
April 2019
154 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-690-5 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-691-2 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue ECO-COMPASS: Ecological and Multifunctional Composites for Application in Aircraft Interior and Secondary Structures that was published in

Engineering
Summary

Today, mainly man-made materials, such as carbon and glass fibers, are used to produce composite parts in aviation. Renewable materials, such as natural fibers or bio-sourced resin systems, have not yet found their way into aviation. The project ECO-COMPASS aims to evaluate the potential applications of ecologically improved composite materials in the aviation sector in an international collaboration of Chinese and European partners. Natural fibers such as flax and ramie will be used for different types of reinforcements and sandwich cores. Furthermore, bio-based epoxy resins to substitute bisphenol-A based epoxy resins in secondary structures are under investigation. Adapted material protection technologies to reduce environmental influence and to improve fire resistance are needed to fulfil the demanding safety requirements in aviation. Modelling and simulation of chosen eco-composites aims for an optimized use of materials while a Life Cycle Assessment aims to prove the ecological advantages compared to synthetic state-of-the-art materials. This Special Issue provides selected papers from the project consortium partners.

 

Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND licence
Keywords
rosin acid; itaconic acid; bio-sourced epoxy; bio-composites; plant fiber; balsa; sound absorption; microstructures; sandwich structures; functional composites; electrical properties; fracture toughness; function integrated interleave; plant fiber; paper; ramie fiber; life cycle assessment; glass fibre; environmental impacts; fabric; interface; physical properties; thermosetting resin; carbon nanotubes; polymer nanocomposites; electrical conductivity; crack sensing; multi-scale modeling; composite; natural fibre; flax; recycled carbon fibre; nonwoven; hybrid; bio-based epoxy; green composite; engineering applications; aviation sector; hybrid composite; eco-composite; nonwoven; recycled carbon fibre; flax fibre; poly-lactic acid; wet-laying; n/a