Potential emissions savings of lightweight composite aircraft components evaluated through life cycle assessment

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-217

  Scelsi, L ^a   Bonner, M ^a   Hodzic, A ^a   Soutis, C ^a   Wilson, C ^a   Scaife, R ^a   Ridgway, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation emissions; Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP); Life cycle assessment; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551629631     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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