COGEA

COMPOSITE CERTIFICATION IN GENERAL AVIATION

IMAST member involved:

CNR

 

 

Partners:

Blackshape Spa (Capofila)

VVN Srl

SRB Costruzioni Srl

Novotech Srl

CETMA Scarl

Objectives:

The COGEA project aims to develop specific innovative design solutions for composite components of the primary structures for Very Light Aircraft (VLA). The optimization will be achieved through a reduction of time and costs of qualification and an increase of performance by weight reduction. The project leads to the definition of "best practices", standardized and useful for "Acceptable Means of Compliance" for the approval processes of VLA composite, with benefits for the entire production chain.

IMAST ACTIVITIES
Within the project, IMAST is involved in the analysis of the critical aspects of the behavior of composite components in order to reduce time and costs of the qualification process.


The research proceeds through the identification of structural prepreg materials, already certified, suitable for light aviation applications and the optimization of production processes (preferably Out Of Autoclave) through chemical and physical analysis performed by experimental tests on composite components realized by industrial partners.