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Simulation Based Solutions for Industrial Manufacture of Large Infusion Composite Parts

Objetivo

Today, advanced composites use either layers of plies impregnated with resin (pre-pregs) to form a laminate, or Liquid Composites Moulding (e.g. RTM) of dry textiles. Prepreg composites give superior mechanical properties due to toughened resins and high fibre content, but suffer from high material costs, limited shapeability, complex, expensive and time consuming manufacturing, and limited materials shelf life. Infusion technologies can overcome these limitations, but are not fully industrialised and rely on costly prototype testing due to the lack of simulation tools. Current infusion simulation technologies are approximate and really only suited to small scale components based on adaptations of Resin Transfer Moulding simulation; they are not accurate for large, thick and complex aerospace composites, where one sided tooling and vacuum membranes cause complex 3D heat/flow processes. The INFUCOMP project will develop the full simulation chain from preform design to manufacture (infusion), process/part optimisation and final part defects/mechanical performance prediction with a focus on the infusion step. The project covers all popular Liquid Resin Infusion (LRI) methods currently used in the Aerospace industry. Although focus is on aerospace applications, the work will be very relevant to other industries. The proposed technologies will allow economical manufacture of high performance, integrated, large scale composite structures; thus, positively contributing to their increased use. Benefits include lower cost, improved performance, greater payloads and fuel/emissions reductions. A team of two aircraft manufacturers, two tier one suppliers, a material manufacturer, university and industry researchers, and commercial software specialists; all with a recognised track record in this field have been selected from eight different CEC countries; one partner is an SME.

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Convocatoria de propuestas

FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1
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Régimen de financiación

CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project

Coordinador

ENGINEERING SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Aportación de la UE
€ 301 500,00
Dirección
SIEMENSSTRASSE 12
63263 NEU-ISENBURG
Alemania

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Región
Hessen Darmstadt Offenbach, Landkreis
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Contacto administrativo
Anthony Pickett (Dr.)
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Coste total
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Última actualización: 25 Mayo 2022

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Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/233926/es

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