Materials
Ecological and Multifunctional Composites for Application in Aircraft Interior and Secondary Structures
Runtime: 1 April 2016 to 30 June 2019
Consortium: 8 partners from EU countries plus China
Funding programme: H2020, grant agreement number 690638
Total budget: 1.89 M€
Coordinator: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) / German Aerospace Center (DE)
Website: http://www.eco-compass.eu/
Project teaser
Acronym: ECO-COMPASS
The main objective of the cooperation of the Chinese and European partners in ECO-COMPASS (completed in 2019) was to develop and assess multifunctional and ecologically improved composites from bio-sourced and recycled materials for application in aircraft secondary structures and interior.
Therefore, bio-based reinforcements, resins and sandwich cores were developed and optimized for their application in aviation.
A cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment enabled the comparison of the new eco-composites with state-of-the-art materials.