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Bachmann, Jens, Yi, XiaoSu, Tserpes, Konstantinos, Sguazzo, Carmen, Barbu, Lucia Gratiela, Tse, Barbara, Soutis, Constantinos, Ramón, Eric, Linuesa, Hector and Bechtel, Stéphane (2021) Towards a circular economy in the aviation sector using eco-composites for interior and secondary structures. Results and recommendations from the EU/China project ECO-COMPASS. Aerospace, 8 (5). p. 131. ISSN 2226-4310

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Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymers play a crucial role as enablers of lightweight and high performing structures to increase efficiency in aviation. However, the ever-increasing awareness for the environmental impacts has led to a growing interest in bio-based and recycled ‘eco-composites’ as substitutes for the conventional synthetic con-stituents. Recently, the international collaboration of Chinese and European partners in the ECO-COMPASS pro-ject provided an assessment of different eco-materials and technologies for their potential application in aircraft interior and secondary composite structures. This project summary reports the main findings of the ECO-COM-PASS project and gives an outlook to the next steps necessary for introducing eco-composites as an alternative solution to fulfill the CLEAN SKY target.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	aviation; interior; secondary structure; eco-composite; bio-composite; natural fiber; bio-based; life cycle assessment; ECO-COMPASS; Europe; China; international collaboration
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050131
Depositing User:	Wu, Cocoa
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2021 02:18
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2021 02:18
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/65592

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