Glossary

A

AB Advisory Board
ATL/AFP Automated Tape Laying / Automated Fibre Placement
ANN Artificial Neural Network
AI Artificial Intelligence

 

C

CAGR Compound annual growth rate
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CHADA CHAracterisation DAta
CEN European committee for standardisation
CZM Cohesive Zone Modelling

 

D

DCB Double Cantilever Beam

 

E

EMCC European Materials Characterisation Council
EMMC European Materials Modelling Council
ENF End notched Flexure
ESIS European Structural Integrity Society

 

F

F&DT Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
FEM Finite Element Model
FRP Fibre Reinforced Plastic

 

L

LCA Life Cycle Analysis
LCC Life Cycle Costing

M

MODA MOdel DAta
MCI Material Circularity Indicator
ML Machine Learning
MMB Mixed mode bending
MRO Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul

 

O

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

R

RVE Representative Volume Element
RTS Rapid Tow Shearing

 

S

SERR Strain Energy Release Rate
SHM Structural Health Monitoring
S-N Characterisation and prediction of remaining fatigue life
SMC Sheet moulding composite

 

T

TEA Techno-Economic Analysis

 

U

UD Unidirectional (layers)

 

V

VCCT Virtual Crack-closure Technique