Publications by Robert Andrew Witik

Assessing the Environmental and Economic Life Cycle Performance of Composite Materials in Transport Applications

EPFL2013

Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Waste: An Environmental Assessment Of Recycling, Energy Recovery And Landfilling

Véronique Michaud, Christian Ludwig, Rémy Teuscher, Robert Andrew Witik

The environmental benefits of recycling are assessed against other end-of-life (EOL) treatments for Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) waste. Recycling via pyrolysis, incineration with energy recovery, and disposal via landfilling are compared. To acco ...

Elsevier2013

Economic and environmental assessment of alternative production methods for composite aircraft components

Véronique Michaud, Rémy Teuscher, Robert Andrew Witik, Fabrice Gaille

The use of carbon fibre reinforced plastics is steadily increasing in the aerospace industry as rising fuel costs and concerns over the environment push airframe manufacturers to improve aircraft efficiency. The high costs associated with manufacturing car ...

Elsevier2012

Out of autoclave processing of ribbed parts: technical, economic and environmental assessment

Véronique Michaud, Robert Andrew Witik, Amaël Maximilien Cohades, Rémy Teuscher

2012

Carbon fibre recycling: an assessment of benefits versus energy recovery

Véronique Michaud, Rémy Teuscher, Robert Andrew Witik

2012

Assessing the life cycle costs and environmental performance of lightweight materials in automobile applications

Véronique Michaud, Christian Ludwig, Jérôme Payet, Robert Andrew Witik

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and manufacturing focused life cycle costing are used to evaluate the potential advantages of composites in automotive applications. The life cycle costs and environmental performance of several suitable lightweight polymer comp ...

2011

Assessing the economic and environmental potential of out of autoclave processing

Véronique Michaud, Rémy Teuscher, Robert Andrew Witik, Fabrice Gaille

2011