{"id":218,"date":"2019-11-12T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/?p=218"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:50:48","slug":"using-composites-to-empower-aerospace-innovation-through-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/using-composites-to-empower-aerospace-innovation-through-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Composites to Empower Aerospace Innovation through Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Air Transportation Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iata.org\/pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IATA<\/a>) has published that current trends indicate passenger numbers in aerospace travel could double to 8.2 billion by 2037. Also, in a recent report, the US pentagon has stated that climate change poses and immediate risk to national security and will have broad and costly impacts on the way the US military caries out missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When all of these trends and challenges are considered it\nimplies the way in which aerospace companies are currently doing business will drastically\nneed to change as we progress towards the future. Reduced operational costs,\nincreased production rates, and improved quality will all now be expected due\nto growing competition and the pace of technological innovation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/iStock-153434938_high-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/iStock-153434938_high-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/iStock-153434938_high-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/iStock-153434938_high-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/iStock-153434938_high-1110x737.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Two jet engine aircraft <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commercial airlines and the military spend an inordinate amount of their annual operational budget on aircraft maintenance. Corrosion and metal fatigue are taxing and force aircraft operators to conduct costly inspections to find and repair. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/industries\/aerospace-defense\/aircrafts-airframes\/advanced-aero-structures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Composites<\/a> provide an alternative with better corrosion resistance than metal. Improved maintenance cycles offer lower support costs and keep the aircraft flying. &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/topic\/aerospace-composites\/63320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our eBook<\/a> to find out more about innovative processes, leveraging composite design can improve current aerospace design, to stay ahead of the curve.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/e-book-aerospace-composites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eBook: Siemens Digital Industries Empowers Aerospace Composite Design with Fibersim <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) has published that current trends indicate passenger numbers in aerospace travel could double to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41804,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119,1],"tags":[11,3],"industry":[48],"product":[],"coauthors":[452],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-composite-design","tag-composites","industry-aerospace-defense"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/CimdataeBook.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41804"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}