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Design of innovative composite hybrid joints with electromagnetic compatibility

Project description

Lightning strike protection for aerospace composite structures

The EU-funded D-JOINTS project plans to investigate new composite-metal joints with enhanced lightning strike protection for use in the aerospace industry. The joints will be designed using a dedicated sizing tool, with key design parameters identified and integrated in the tool. The material properties for the design of each joint will be determined using a database, with the joints finally set to be integrated into a composite nose part. Manufactured demonstrators will be tested for lightning strike protection. The project's activities will include modelling the mechanical and electrical performance of reference joints, improving their electromagnetic performance, developing a sizing tool for dissimilar joints, and manufacturing and testing the composite nose part.

Objective

D-JOINTS will explore new innovative composite-metal joints with enhanced lightning strike protection. The design of these joints will be achieved through a dedicated sizing tool. Key design parameters will be identified and coded in the tool. A material properties database will provide the needed material information for the design of each joint. Finally, the new joints will be integrated in a composite nose part. The manufactured demonstrators will be tested for lightning strike protection.

The project objectives are:
• Model the mechanical and electrical performance of reference joints
• Improve the reference joints electromagnetic performance
• Develop a sizing tool for dissimilar joints
• Manufacture and test the CNP with the new dissimilar joints integrated in the structure

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€ 249 575,00
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GRANTA PARK GREAT ABINGTON
CB21 6AL Cambridge
United Kingdom

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Region
East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 249 575,00

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