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
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...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/ |
| _version_ | 1848800245835628544 |
|---|---|
| author | Bachmann, Jens Yi, XiaoSu Tserpes, Konstantinos Sguazzo, Carmen Barbu, Lucia Gratiela Tse, Barbara Soutis, Constantinos Ramón, Eric Linuesa, Hector Bechtel, Stéphane |
| author_facet | Bachmann, Jens Yi, XiaoSu Tserpes, Konstantinos Sguazzo, Carmen Barbu, Lucia Gratiela Tse, Barbara Soutis, Constantinos Ramón, Eric Linuesa, Hector Bechtel, Stéphane |
| author_sort | Bachmann, Jens |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | 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. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:48:30Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-65592 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:48:30Z |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-655922021-06-04T02:18:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/ 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 Bachmann, Jens Yi, XiaoSu Tserpes, Konstantinos Sguazzo, Carmen Barbu, Lucia Gratiela Tse, Barbara Soutis, Constantinos Ramón, Eric Linuesa, Hector Bechtel, Stéphane 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. MDPI AG 2021-05-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/1/Towards%20a%20circular%20economy%20in%20the%20aviation%20sector%20using%20eco-composites%20for%20interior%20and%20secondary%20structures.pdf 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 aviation; interior; secondary structure; eco-composite; bio-composite; natural fiber; bio-based; life cycle assessment; ECO-COMPASS; Europe; China; international collaboration http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050131 doi:10.3390/aerospace8050131 doi:10.3390/aerospace8050131 |
| spellingShingle | aviation; interior; secondary structure; eco-composite; bio-composite; natural fiber; bio-based; life cycle assessment; ECO-COMPASS; Europe; China; international collaboration Bachmann, Jens Yi, XiaoSu Tserpes, Konstantinos Sguazzo, Carmen Barbu, Lucia Gratiela Tse, Barbara Soutis, Constantinos Ramón, Eric Linuesa, Hector Bechtel, Stéphane 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 |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| topic | aviation; interior; secondary structure; eco-composite; bio-composite; natural fiber; bio-based; life cycle assessment; ECO-COMPASS; Europe; China; international collaboration |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65592/ |