Self-Healing Certification Challenge for Advanced Structures in Aeronautics

Innovation and continuous development of cutting-edge materials find robust interest of companies for using avantgarde technologies. Material research is widening toward mainly two directions: the improvement of the existing functionalities and the development of new functionalities of the materials. However, widespread applicability of materials with new functionalities and their marketing requires also efforts towards the creation and implementation of technical standards and measurement techniques. Standardization is an important stage in the development of any new material and it is based on the consensus of stakeholders including end users, businesses, standards organizations and governments. The main function of standards is to define the qualities and technical properties of a material to ensure consistency across different manufacturers and industries. It is important to assure that a product is genuine, safe and will perform in the way it is expected. For new materials standardization will also enable easier communication between producers and consumers.