EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

Currently, aircraft and aerospace industries are focused on developing new and more capable ceramic matrix composites (MMCs and CMCs) reinforced by high-strength continuous fibers. However, limitations exist: costly manufacturing processes, difficulties in producing/assembling large and complex CMCs shapes, integration with dissimilar materials (i.e., metals, ceramics or other composites) and...

There is a renewed interest in returning astronauts to the Moon and establishing a sustainable human exploration capability on its surface. One of the greatest challenges in the Moon exploration, is the storage of energy which reduces the potential complexity and mass of a stand-alone power system. Due to the prohibitive cost of transportation of materials from Earth, there is a need to assess...