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  • Inventi:eae/43418/21
    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
    01-Oct-2021 Research 2021 : October-December
    Jens Bachmann, Xiaosu Yi, Konstantinos Tserpes, Carmen Sguazzo, Lucia Gratiela Barbu, Barbara Tse, Constantinos Soutis, Eric Ramón, Hector Linuesa, Stéphane Bechtel

    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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    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: Bachmann, J.; Yi, X.;Tserpes, K.; Sguazzo, C.; Barbu, L.G.; Tse, B.; Soutis, C.; Ramón, E.; Linuesa, H.; Bechtel, S. 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 2021, 8, 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050131 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Some formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and pagination were modified while adapting this article.
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