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Full scale innovative pressure bulkheads for Regional Aircraft Fuselage barrel on-ground demonstrators

Descripción del proyecto

Se ponen a prueba unos mamparos de presión compuestos

Los mamparos de presión son unos componentes fundamentales de los aviones, ya que protegen tanto a los pasajeros como a la tripulación manteniendo la presión necesaria en la cabina. Suele haber dos mamparos de presión en cada avión: uno en la parte delantera y otro en la trasera del fuselaje. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos FUSINBUL está probando la producción de unos mamparos compuestos hechos de dos tipos de fibra de carbono: fibra preimpregnada y fibra seca. Estos materiales compuestos ecológicos son ligeros, pero fuertes, y permiten fabricar unas estructuras de fuselaje considerablemente más ligeras que se corresponden con una reducción del consumo de carburante y de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero.

Objetivo

Full scale innovative pressure bulkheads for Regional Aircraft Fuselage barrel on-ground demonstrators:

The scope of this project is to develop and validate two advanced manufacturing processes to reach a significant reduction in the overall production costs and flows to obtain composite pressure bulkheads for regional aircraft light-weight fuselage manufacturing. A final trade- off analysis will be drawn as well, including costs, advantages, implementation advances, comparison with former costs and frame.
In order to achieve the general scope, the consortium members will divide the project in 4 work packages:
1- Production of 2 bulkheads using the 2 different manufacturing techniques (one bulkhead in prepreg and a second one in dry fiber material) and laboratory – NDT testing
2- Production of 4 bulkheads as final demonstrators for fuselage testing, using both manufacturing techniques
3- Trade-off analysis
4- Management of the project
The innovative and lighter fuselage concept must be implemented in future aircraft models (among others, Innovative Turboprop, 130 pax, and Advanced Turboprop, 90 pax, are being developed at the moment). The EU policies are clear about the need to reduce 75% the CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometer and 90% of NOX as well. In addition to that, by 2050, aircraft movements must be emission-free when taxiing and air vehicles must be designed and manufactured to be recyclable.
Innovative low cost and low weight technologies shall be integrated into the fuselage structural demonstrator to get weight reduction, less manufacturing recurring costs, maintenance improvement and implementation of new eco-compatible materials and processes. And the final step to enter them into use is validation through a test that needs 2 bulkheads as vital elements to close the fuselage cylinder.

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION, DESARROLLO Y APLICACION DE MATERIALES COMPUESTOS
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 624 338,28
Dirección
Avda Rita Levi Montalcini (Tecnogetafe) 29
28906 Getafe
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Región
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Tipo de actividad
Research Organisations
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 624 338,28

Participantes (4)