Published 1/31/2020

Clean Sky 2 project announces new project updates

Update on 11th call for proposals and Clean Sky 2 projects, plus composites topics of interest in upcoming AEC2020 conference.

Ginger Gardiner

Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld

DEFENDER project

Part of Clean Sky 2’s Fast Rotorcraft technology platform, DEFENDER aims to develop, manufacture, test and qualify an innovative next generation fuel storage system with advanced features to achieve significant benefits in weight, reduction of manufacturing and maintenance costs, and safety improvements.

Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD)

An initiative within Clean Sky 2’s Large Passenger Aircraft platform, the MFFD will enable lighter aircraft and quicker production. In a world first, an 8-meter long thermoplastic composite fuselage barrel will be delivered by the end of the Clean Sky 2 program. MFFD successfully passed its Critical Design Review at a two-day meeting held in Bremen on 18-19 November, 2019.

OPTIMOrph project

Part of Clean Sky 2’s Airframe technology platform, OPTIMOrph successfully closed in June 2019. The project aimed at developing an innovative, integrated aerodynamic/structural optimization methodology for morphing wing sections, in which the morphing constraints and capabilities of the selected concepts and materials are inherently included in the design process.

Composites were included in the structural part of the methodology, where the optimal stiffness distribution was identified during the first stage. This optimal stiffness was achieved using practical structural components at the second level, including a variable stiffness composite, obtained by changing the lamina angles. Also, the composite joints used in the leading-edge, which stiffen the structure and transfer the actuation forces onto the skin, are modeled to predict the distribution of the interlaminar stress.

Clean Sky 2’s 11th Call for Proposals launched – deadline 28 April

Clean Sky 2 has issued its 11th Call for Proposals for innovations in sustainable aviation representing €45 million in funding for 35 topics, including 4 thematic topics. Questions may be submitted until March 13, 2020 (17:00 Brussels time) and the deadline to apply is April 28, 2020 (17:00 Brussels time). Updates are available on the Clean Sky 2 website.

For organizations interested in applying that want to learn more, registration is open for Clean Sky 2 Info Days, where experts will be on hand to give an insight into the Topics and discuss practical, legal, administrative and financial aspects:

Toulouse (France) on 3 February – register here
Rzeszów (Poland) on 13 February – register here

Save the date: Aerospace Europe Conference 2020

Clean Sky is pleased to take part in the very first edition of the Aerospace Europe Conference (AEC2020, Feb. 25-28, 2020) to be held in Bordeaux, France and organized by 3AF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) and CEAS (Council of European Aerospace Societies) with the support of Clean Sky, SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research project) and ESA (European Space Agency).

AEC2020 will provide an exceptional opportunity to exchange knowledge and results of current studies and to discuss directions for future research in the fields of aeronautics and space. Clean Sky will be present with an exhibition stand and speakers in the conference program. Sessions that should be of interest to the composites industry include:

008 - Passenger aircraft composite centre wing box structure optimization — M. KOWALSKI, Warsaw University Of Technology, PL
127 - Hybrid Sheet Moulding Compound With Carbon Prepregs — J. SILVA, Inegi, PT
136 - Automated Fiber Placement based manufacturing of carbon fiber reinforced sandwich shell parts — T. ZENKER, Fraunhofer, DE
139 - Impact Resistant and Low-Weight Composite Solution for Aircraft Fuselage — R. RICARDO JORGE BRAGA ROCHA, Inegi,PT
315 - Automated Joining and Assembly of Thermoplastic Fuselage Structures for the Aircraft Factory of Tomorrow — B. DIEHL, Fraunhofer IFAM, DE
408 - Generating durable hybrid Ti/CFRP adhesive joints for aerospace structures by laser pretreatment — U. LOMMATZSCH, Fraunhofer IFAM, DE
424 - Clean Sky SFWA BLADE and Saab‘s integrated composite upper cover — K. KARLSSON, SAAB ab, SE
445 - Experimental and numerical study of the composite wing structure embedding solar cells — Q. ROUXEL, Gem – Institut De Recherche En Génie Civil Et Mécanique, FR
481 - Development of a Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator — V. SEBASTIAAN, Fokker, NL
503 - Optimizing in-situ consolidation of xenon flashlamp based automated fiber placement — D. DEDEN, DLR (German Aerosapce Center), DE
564 - Sensing technologies in the frame of Structure Health Monitoring — M.-A. DE SMET, Airbus Commercial, FR
588 - Genetic optimization of stacking sequences for laminated composite structures with ply drops — A.F. CORTESI, Scalian, FR
606 - Design and manufacturing maturation of a Thermoplastic Composite Keel-beam — L. ANGEL, Eurecat Tech Center, ES
734 - Optical fibre Bragg grating sensors for BVID detection on composite sub-components — S. GOOSSENS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
746 - Structural Health Monitoring Cluster for Composite Airframe — Z. Sharif Khodaei, Imperial College, GB
747 - Innovative manufacturing and numerical modelling of thermoplastic and thermoset composite structures for SHM aerospace application — M. Mora-Mendias, FIDAMC, ES

These and other announcements can be found in the latest Clean Sky 2 newsletter available online and also on the Clean Sky 2 website. The Clean Sky 2 program also publishes the Skyline magazine and has a video playlist on YouTube.