Improve and assess repair capability of aircraft structures

Objective

In order to achieve a significant reduction of the maintenance and operating costs of civil transport aircraft - while keeping the standards of safety and taking advantage of new trends in airworthiness regulation - improvements of existing repairs and extension of allowable damage sizes for primary metallic structures are required. These improvements can only be achieved through the development of new calculation methods and the use of improved repair processes. Repair principles involving new technologies and advanced metallic materials, which are likely to be incorporated in new aircraft, will also be investigated and improved. These enhanced repair designs and tools will be compared and validated using realistic tests on fuselage or wing components. The proposed project is clearly aligned with the aims and objectives of the FPV technology platform, which is focussed on the improvement of operational capability and safety of aircraft.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-4. - Key Action New Perspectives in Aeronautics

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

AIRBUS FRANCE SAS

Address

Route De Bayonne 316
Toulouse
France

Participants (13)

AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

Germany

Address

Kreetslag 10
21129 Hamburg

AIRBUS ESPANA SL

Spain

Address

Avenida John Lennon S/n
28906 Getafe

AIRBUS UK LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

New Filton House, Filton
Bristol

CENTRE D'ESSAIS AERONAUTIQUE DE TOULOUSE

France

Address

Avenue Henri Guillaumet 23
31056 Toulouse

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Netherlands

Address

1,Kluyverweg 1
2600 GB Delft

GIE EADS CCR

France

Address

Boulevard De Montmorency 37
75781 Paris

IMA MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND ANWENDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH*

Germany

Address

Wilhelmine Reichard Ring 4
01109 Dresden

INTEGRATED AEROSPACE SCIENCES CORPORATION O.E.

Greece

Address

7,Agias Glikerias St. 7
111 47 Athens

ISTRAM - INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURES AND ADVANCED MATERIALS

Greece

Address

Patron- Athinon 57
26441 Patras

QINETIQ LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

85 Buckingham Gate
London

SA BELGE DE CONSTRUCTIONS AERONAUTIQUES S.A.

Belgium

Address

1470,Chaussee De Haecht 1470
1130 Bruxelles

SONACA SA

Belgium

Address

Route Nationale Cinq
Gosselies

THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN HEREINAFTER TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Ireland

Address

Parsons Building, Trinity College
2 Dublin