Materials
Sustainable and Cost-Efficient High-Performance Composite Structures Demanding Temperature and Fire Resistance
Runtime: 1 Sept 2018 to 28 Feb 2022
Consortium: 14 partners from 6 EU countries and Switzerland
Funding programme: H2020, grant agreement number 769178
Total budget: 6.64 M€
Coordinator: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) / German Aerospace Center
Website: https://www.sucohs-project.eu/
Project teaser
Acronym: SuCoHS
The SuCoHS project investigates potential weight and cost savings in expanding the use of composite materials in aeronautic components. The aim is to conceive novel multi-material composites providing high resistivity against thermal (high temperatures, fire) as well as mechanical loading, allowing for cost-competitive manufacturing while reducing the requirement for visual inspection or rework. New solutions for structural health monitoring are considered to enable condition-based maintenance.
The project will develop a framework to adapt these promising technologies to different aeronautic components. Three industrial use cases are defined to set requirements, validate new technologies and demonstrate technical feasibility: a high-temperature resistance nacelle component, a composite aircraft interior shell and a tail cone panel substructure.