Objective
Even though composite materials are more and more used in modern airframes, many significant improvements are still achievable. Firstly, the substitution of the assembly of many small composite parts by a single one-shot large part provides additional weight reduction. Secondly, the final assembly line process must be adapted to composite properties (lack of ductility, stiffness). Thirdly, if the appropriate level of confidence and cycle time was available, Simulation-based design would provide a faster and less expensive path to find the optimal structures than the current development process, which relies on physical tests. Lastly, more conductive composites are necessary to avoid additional weight for system protection. The aim of MAAXIMUS (More Affordable Aircraft structure through eXtended, Integrated, & Mature nUmerical Sizing) is to demonstrate the fast development and right-first-time validation of a highly-optimised composite airframe. The MAAXIMUS objectives related to the highly-optimised composite airframe are: 50% reduction of the assembly time of large composite sections; 10% reduction of manufacturing & assembly recurring costs; 10% reduction of the structural weight. The MAAXIMUS objective related to a faster development is to reduce by 20% the current development timeframe of aircraft structures and by 10% the corresponding cost. The MAAXIMUS objective related to the right-first-time structure is to additionally reduce the airframe development costs by 5% through the delivery of a predictive virtual test capability for large composite structures with a quantified level of confidence, to avoid late and costly changes This will be achieved through coordinated developments on a physical platform, to develop and validate the appropriate composite technologies for low weight aircraft and a virtual structure development platform, to identify faster and validate earlier the best solutions through major improvements in airframe Simulation-base design.
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FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1
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21129 Hamburg
Germany
Participants (59)
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92300 Levallois Perret
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WA3 7PB Warrington
2628 AL Delft
31060 Toulouse
28906 Getafe
BS34 7PA Bristol
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21040 Venegono Superiore Va
75008 Paris
6041 Gosselies
81043 Capua
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75008 Paris
78140 Velizy Villacoublay
75008 Paris
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31131 Balma
51147 Koln
82024 Taufkirchen
31700 Blagnac
94528 Rungis
86609 Donauworth
4910 Ried Im Innkreis
15071 La Coruna
01109 Dresden
SW7 2AZ London
16675 Glyfada Athina
70174 Stuttgart
69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
1049 001 Lisboa
70100 Lod
127051 Moskva
31079 Toulouse
30167 Hannover
199 02 Praha
3001 Leuven
91190 Gif-sur-yvette
GU16 7ER Frimley, Camberley Surrey
91120 Palaiseau
20133 Milano
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SW1E 6PD London
52062 Aachen
4031 Angleur
BT3 9DZ Belfast
941 26 Pitea
31703 Blagnac Cedex
6041 Gosselies
1059 CM Amsterdam
8092 Zuerich
38106 Braunschweig
21073 Hamburg
5612 AE Eindhoven
02-106 Warszawa
164 90 Stockholm
06980 Ankara
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265 04 Rio Patras
28906 Getafe
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
CV4 7HP Coventry
75007 Paris
00195 Roma