Economic and environmental assessment of alternative production methods for composite aircraft components

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 29-30, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-102

  Witik, Robert A ^a   Gaille, Fabrice ^b,c   Teuscher, Rémy ^a   Ringwald, Heike ^c   Michaud, Véronique ^a   Månson, Jan Anders E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeronautics; Composites; Cost modelling; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AUTOCLAVES; AVIATION; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; CURING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; MICROWAVE OVENS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; PRESSURE VESSELS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS;

COST MODELLING; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANUFACTURING PROCESS; RESIN INFUSION PROCESS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84858726303     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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