The challenge
Global aviation accounts for approximately 2.1% of CO2 emissions worldwide increase in air traffic. To achieve the EU environmental goals by 2050, extreme upgrades have been brought forward over the last decade in terms of:
Energy efficiency
Reduction of the environmental impact
Increased passenger safety
It gets tougher…
The prognostics reveal that higher air-traffic demand renders unavoidable aircraft optimization by:
Customizing scheduled maintenance via the generation of accurate and continuous information on the health and usage condition of the aircraft structures
Diagnosing the residual useful life while verifying the fast and reliable definition of remedial strategies
Enhancing the overall aircraft lifecycle together with the future reuse of components and systems
Last but not least, the airworthiness of the aircraft requires the adoption of more robust and efficient repairing processes, capable to ensure the integrity and quality of the repair along with the residual service life of the aircraft. In this context, the implementation of novel holistic and circular approaches exploits:
Artificial Intelligence
Internet of Things
Mobile and ubiquitous tools
Robotics solutions
These approaches will offer the European aeronautics industry and the whole aviation ecosystem the opportunity to maintain their global competitiveness and leadership while moving towards climate neutrality.
Our Main Goal
The main goal of GENEX is to develop a novel end-to-end digital twin-driven framework providing:
a holistic approach covering the whole value chain of composite parts, from design, material, and manufacturing to operation, MRO, and EOL to support the next-generation digital aircraft transformation
Our goal will be achieved by launching the following game-changers:
Advanced physical and data-driven simulations of the composite manufacturing and repair processes
Innovative in-line process monitoring systems for measuring the manufacturing quality
Optimized on-board and on-site sensors for structural health and usage monitoring
Enhanced computational modeling of fatigue damage
Advanced digital-based tools and methods for improving maintenance and repairing