The five year project will look to enable more structurally efficient and lightweight airframes that are essential for meeting future fuel and cost efficiency challenges, to maintain and enhance the UK’s international position in the aerospace industry.
CerTest is a multidisciplinary project with £6.9m funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council (EPSRC) programme grant scheme, led by the University of Bristol with partners at the University of Bath, University of Exeter and University of Southampton.