Another promising line of research at Avio is the creation of large cryogenic tanks in composite material.
The same technologies can be applied to smaller tanks, for different fluids, to be used in aeronautic applications with very competitive features of durability and light weight. Research carried out at Avio has enabled the application to these structures of health monitoring devices such as FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating), which are optical sensors able to detect the minimum deformation or damage.
