Project description
Smart, circular solutions for next-generation aerostructures
Aircraft manufacturers are expected to produce faster, lighter, safer, and smarter aircraft, while keeping emissions and costs low. Advanced materials such as thermoplastic composites offer strong potential, but require new integrated approaches across design, production, maintenance, and recycling. The EU-funded CompSTLar project aims to develop a holistic, digitally driven research ecosystem for next-generation aerostructures. It combines advanced manufacturing processes, AI-powered tools, sensor technologies, and data-driven models to enable high-quality production, real-time structural monitoring, and smart repair. The project also pioneers recycling methods to recover and reuse composite materials. By integrating these innovations into a digital pipeline, CompSTLar supports more sustainable, circular, and efficient aircraft manufacturing across the supply chain.
Objective
CompSTLar proposes a novel, holistic integrated-and-interoperable physical and digital-driven research ecosystem encompassing automated and scalable composite technologies, multiphysics-based and data-driven models, AI-powered tools, and sensorized processes and products, for the advanced design and cost-competitive manufacturing, intelligent maintenance and repair, and sustainable recycling of novel graphene-functionalized multifunctional and multimaterial (M&M) thermoplastic composite (TPC) aerostructures. Key developments to pave the way towards the CompSTLar ambition are: 1) an innovative, bespoke, laser-assisted ATL process with in-situ ultrasonic quality inspection boosted by off-line X-ray computed tomography characterization and AI-powered tools -to propel zero defect and high-volume ISC-ATL manufacturing; 2) advanced ML surrogates of high-fidelity multiphysics, and multiscale composite damage simulation coupled with on-the-fly optical fibre- and novel laser-induced graphene-based strain sensor data - for real-time structural health assessment and monitoring; 3) a modern induction-assisted conduction welding process enhanced with data-driven modelling grounded on parametric numerical simulations and real-world novel Fresnel-based sensor data - for smart repair of next-generation TP aerostructures, and 4) pioneering recycling process to facilitate complete undamaged recovery of TPC tapes suitable for reuse with ATL to confirm sustainable circular manufacturing. Digitalized methods, processes and tools will be physically tested and digitally integrated into an interoperable IIoT collaborative, modular and decentralized digital research infrastructure, i.e. CompSTLar end-to-end digital pipeline. CompSTLar digital ecosystem will support the optimized design, sustainable manufacturing, efficient maintenance, repair, and circularity of M&M composite aerostructures, allowing faster, more accurate, and more informed decision-making along the aircraft supply chain.
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management waste treatment processes recycling
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering aircraft
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- natural sciences computer and information sciences computational science multiphysics
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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HORIZON.2.5.7 - Clean, Safe and Accessible Transport and Mobility
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HORIZON.2.5.6 - Industrial Competitiveness in Transport
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01
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36410 Porrino
Spain
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