Towards a Circular Economy in the Aviation Sector Using Eco-Composites for Interior and Secondary Structures. Results and Recommendations from the EU/China Project ECO-COMPASS

Bachmann, Jens and YI, Xiaosu and Tserpes, Konstantinos and Sguazzo, Carmen and Barbu, Lucia Gratiela and Tse, Barbara and Soutis, Constantinos and Ramon, Eric and Linuesa, Hector and Bechtel, Stéphane (2021) Towards a Circular Economy in the Aviation Sector Using Eco-Composites for Interior and Secondary Structures. Results and Recommendations from the EU/China Project ECO-COMPASS. Aerospace. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/aerospace8050131. ISSN 2226-4310.

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Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymers play a crucial role as enablers of lightweight and high performing structures to increase efficiency in aviation. However, the ever-increasing awareness for the environmental impacts has led to a growing interest in bio-based and recycled eco-composites as substitutes for the conventional synthetic constituents. Recently, the international collaboration of Chinese and European partners in the ECO-COMPASS project provided an assessment of different eco-materials and technologies for their potential application in aircraft interior and secondary composite structures. This project summary reports the main findings of the ECO-COMPASS project and gives an outlook to the next steps necessary for introducing eco-composites as an alternative solution to fulfill the CLEAN SKY target.

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Article

Title:

Towards a Circular Economy in the Aviation Sector Using Eco-Composites for Interior and Secondary Structures. Results and Recommendations from the EU/China Project ECO-COMPASS

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD
Bachmann, Jens	jens.bachmann (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-3272
YI, Xiaosu	AVIC Composite Corporation Ltd. (ACC), Beijing, China	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-2902
Tserpes, Konstantinos	University of Patras, Greece	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0050
Sguazzo, Carmen	INEGI Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3946-0835
Barbu, Lucia Gratiela	CIMNE, Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l’Enginyeria	UNSPECIFIED
Tse, Barbara	The University of Manchester	UNSPECIFIED
Soutis, Constantinos	Aerospace Research Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-9838
Ramon, Eric	LEITAT Technological Center, Barcelona, Spain	UNSPECIFIED
Linuesa, Hector	LEITAT Technological Center, Barcelona,	UNSPECIFIED
Bechtel, Stéphane	Airbus CRT	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

5 May 2021

Journal or Publication Title:

Aerospace

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

DOI :

10.3390/aerospace8050131

Publisher:

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Series Name:

Special Issue "ECO-COMPASS: Ecological and Multifunctional Composites for Application in Aircraft Interior and Secondary Structures"

ISSN:

2226-4310

Status:

Published

Keywords:

aviation; interior; secondary structure; eco-composite; bio-composite; natural fiber; bio-based; life cycle assessment; ECO-COMPASS; Europe; China; international collaboration

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Aeronautics

HGF - Program Themes:

Clean Propulsion

DLR - Research area:

Aeronautics

DLR - Program:

L CP - Clean Propulsion

DLR - Research theme (Project):

L - Advanced Materials and New Manufacturing Technologies

Location:

Braunschweig

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems > Multifunctional Materials

Deposited By:

Bachmann, Jens

Deposited On:

31 May 2021 08:16

Last Modified:

20 Jun 2021 15:55

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