GAIKER commits to AI to transform the design and manufacturing processes of composite aerostructures
The European pAIramid project will develop a virtual testing platform that will guide the design and processing of the composite materials characterisation pyramid.
The GAIKER technology centre is participating in the European project “Al-based testing pyramid virtual certification of next-gen composite aerostructures”, pAIramid.
This research, which began in 2024 and will last for 45 months, aims to advance artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools and methodologies to transform the design and manufacturing processes of composite aeronautical structures, using sustainable functionalised thermosetting and thermoplastic resins.
The aerospace industry faces significant challenges when certifying composite aerostructures, as it is a complex and costly process based on the traditional pyramid framework, in which each level, from materials to complete aerostructures, undergoes labour-intensive sequential testing.
In order to provide a solution to these challenges, pAIramid has been created to develop a virtual testing platform to guide design and processing at all levels of the characterisation pyramid (from the material test piece, the element, the component and the complete structure), optimising virtual certification, accelerating innovation and improving design decision-making. This project will also develop functionalised thermoset and thermoplastic resins and optimise LRI (Liquid Resin Infusion) and FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) manufacturing processes to produce complex functionalised parts in a cost-effective and scalable manner.
