Parameter

4.7.1.5 fiber-metal laminates

Fiber-metal laminates (FMLs) are hybrid composite materials combining metal layers (typically aluminum) with fiber-reinforced polymer layers (typically carbon or glass fibers), offering improved fatigue resistance, damage tolerance, and impact resistance, with benefits including reduced weight (10-20% lighter than aluminum), increased stiffness, and enhanced durability, making them suitable for aerospace applications such as aircraft skins, fuselage components, and engine parts, with types including GLARE, CARALL, and ARALL.

Hierarchy

4 technological themes
4.1 active aircraft control
4.2 data transfer technologies
4.3 energy carriers
4.4 net zero technologies
4.5 operational technologies
4.6 aircraft propulsion
4.7 aircraft structures
4.7.1 aerospace materials & manufacturing
4.7.1.1 advanced composites
4.7.1.2 bio-composites
4.7.1.3 high-stretch materials
4.7.1.4 material recognition
4.7.1.5 fiber-metal laminates
4.7.1.6 advanced aluminium alloys
4.7.1.7 piezo electric structures
4.7.1.8 photolithography onto structures
4.7.1.9 smart materials
4.7.1.10 coatings
4.7.1.11 additive manufacturing
4.7.1.12 automation of production
4.7.2 aircraft fuselage
4.7.3 aircraft wings
4.7.4 secondary structures

Scenario relevance

Number of parameter occurrence per scenario.

Input
Output
1
2
Optimising together
N/A
Stripping down
N/A
Tech for you
N/A
Mad max

Milestone Timehorizon

PESTEL categories

Current

Short term

Medium term

Long term

Little to many relations with other Milestones