The main goal of the HERFUSE project, coordinated by LEONARDO S.p.A, is development of the innovative fuselage devoted for hybrid electric reginal passenger aircraft (acronym HER), that will have positive influence on lowering greenhouse gas emission. Realization of lower footprint to environment by the new aircraft will be split in to several stages. HERFUSE project focuses on fuselage optimization strategies including design, new materials application, innovative manufacturing and assembly technologies. All those topics are need due to change of propulsion technology in to hybrid\/electric type, that results in a need to adapt to battery packs, fuel cells, liquid hydrogen tanks and all its equipment, maintenance points with sufficient level of safety operation including thermal and electrical influence. Such wide change in propulsion configuration is affects whole aircraft structure and need new design concept. Many different topics for investigation influenced the HER program in the way of splitting it in to smaller tasks. Currently ongoing project name HERA is strictly connected with HERFUSE and both projects are going to share data exchange in order to deliver new configuration aircraft fulfilling all requirements. \u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 Institute of Aviation is also a member of HERA project as one of consortium partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Institute in the HERFUSE project is responsible for conceptual and preliminary project of lower part of the fuselage. Planned works will include conceptual design phase on basis of first assumptions delivered at first stage of the project and results available from HERA project. Preliminary design phase will include also numerical investigation of proposed solutions. Next step will be devoted to obtain results from coupon testing of new materials and assembly technologies investigated as most promising in previous stages. Final result of the project will be technology demonstrator of the fuselage structure on TRL 5 level tested in lab environment. All involved partners will deliver their parts, that will be assembled and verified. Final tests will be done on full scale fuselage structure. The planned duration of the project is 3 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n