Pilot projects in aerospace manufacturing
1. Manufacturing joints
The main goal is to exchange knowledge and conduct a feasibility study concerning the development of manufacturing processes for high-load-transfer and high-lifetime joints for Ukrainian aerospace structures. The study will assess:
- Development of manufacturing processes for high-load-transfer and high-lifetime joints
- Selection of fasteners
- Development of test specimens
- Assembly and fatigue testing of specimens
- Impact on strength of assembled structures including metal-composite ones.
2. Manufacturing aerospace composite structures
The aim is to exchange knowledge and training between the EU and UA partners concerning:
The knowledge exchange is expected to include:
The training is expected to cover:
- Dry-fibre preforms and out-of-autoclave process for integral composite structures production
- Rational approaches for integral composite structures testing
The knowledge exchange is expected to include:
- Dry-fibre preforms manufacturing by means of 3D weaving, filament winding/braiding, tow placement with z-reinforcement
- Specific features of braided and 3D reinforced structures
- Optimization of composite structure curing cycle to minimize in-process and residual stresses and guarantee structures high quality and load-carrying capacity
- Advanced methods and approaches for composite materials characterization and composite structures testing
- Modelling of composite structures under cyclic loading and ballistic loading
- Fatigue, impact and ballistic test methods
The training is expected to cover:
- Capabilities and operation of the dry-fibre preforms manufacturing equipment
- Development of composite structure manufacturing process (incl. preparation processes, dry-fibre perform production, impregnation, curing, and post-processing)
- Simulation of composites microstructure failure
- Testing facilities operation and experimental results processing according to basic standards