Inspection and maintenance are important aspects when considering the availability of aircra. Modern airframe design is exploiting new developments in materials and structures so as to construct ever more efficient air vehicles that can enable ‘smart’ maintenance, including self-repairing capabilities. The improvement in aircra safety by self-healing structures and protecting nanofillers is a revolutionary approach that should lead to the creation of a novel generation of multifunctional aircra materials with useful properties and design flexibilities. The development of new nano-structured materials has enabled an evolving shi from single-purpose materials to multifunctional systems that can provide greater value than the base materials alone; these materials possess attributes beyond the basic strength and stiffness that typically drive the development of structural systems. Structural materials can be designed to integrate electrical, electromagnetic, flame resistant and regenerative abilities, and possibly other functionalities, that work in synergy to provide advantages that reach beyond that of the sum of the individual capabilities. Materials of this kind have tremendous potential to impact future structural performance by reducing size, weight, cost, power consumption, complexity and maintenance whilst improving efficiency, safety, versatility and availability
Improving the Aircraft Safety by Self-Healing Structure and Protecting Nanofillers
GUADAGNO, Liberata
2015-01-01
Abstract
Inspection and maintenance are important aspects when considering the availability of aircra. Modern airframe design is exploiting new developments in materials and structures so as to construct ever more efficient air vehicles that can enable ‘smart’ maintenance, including self-repairing capabilities. The improvement in aircra safety by self-healing structures and protecting nanofillers is a revolutionary approach that should lead to the creation of a novel generation of multifunctional aircra materials with useful properties and design flexibilities. The development of new nano-structured materials has enabled an evolving shi from single-purpose materials to multifunctional systems that can provide greater value than the base materials alone; these materials possess attributes beyond the basic strength and stiffness that typically drive the development of structural systems. Structural materials can be designed to integrate electrical, electromagnetic, flame resistant and regenerative abilities, and possibly other functionalities, that work in synergy to provide advantages that reach beyond that of the sum of the individual capabilities. Materials of this kind have tremendous potential to impact future structural performance by reducing size, weight, cost, power consumption, complexity and maintenance whilst improving efficiency, safety, versatility and availabilityI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.