Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance and Economic Costs of Composite Materials in Certain Aircraft Structure

Minghui Wu; Jhuma Sadhukhan; Richard Murphy; Ujjwal Bharadwaj; Xiaofei Cui

doi:10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1216

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Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance and Economic Costs of Composite Materials in Certain Aircraft Structure

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Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance and Economic Costs of Composite Materials in Certain Aircraft Structure

Minghui Wu, Jhuma Sadhukhan, Richard Murphy, Ujjwal Bharadwaj and Xiaofei Cui

International journal of engineering and technology, Vol.15(2), pp.37-40

05/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1216

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The aviation sector is looking to replace conventional metals for aircraft doors with composite materials due to the latter’s potentially favorable combination of mechanical properties and low weight. However, little is known about the environmental impacts and economic costs associated with the production of such composite doors. This study conducts a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing on an example composite aircraft door to quantify its environmental and economic impacts. In addition, uncertainty analysis has been performed to enhance the quality of the assessment.

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Title: Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance and Economic Costs of Composite Materials in Certain Aircraft Structure
Creators: Minghui Wu - University of Surrey, Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Jhuma Sadhukhan - University of Surrey, Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Richard Murphy - University of Surrey, Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Ujjwal Bharadwaj - The Welding Institute
Xiaofei Cui - The Welding Institute
Publication Details: International journal of engineering and technology, Vol.15(2), pp.37-40
Date published: 05/2023
Grant note: The authors acknowledge the sponsorship and support of the EU-funded ‘TOD’ project under Grant Agreement (ID 821192) and Centre for Environment and Sustainability at University of Surrey. The authors are grateful to stakeholders from the project who provided data used in the paper, particularly Design Manufacturing Spa (DEMA) and Centro Di Ricerche Europeo Di Tecnologie Design E Materiali (CETMA). The work was enabled through the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC), a postgraduate engineering facility comprising a network of universities for industry-led research into structural integrity, established and managed by TWI.
Identifiers: 99783731802346
Academic Unit: School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Institute for Sustainability
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance and Economic Costs of Composite Materials in Certain Aircraft Structure

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