Multifunctional thermal and acoustic insulation system for an aircraft

A multifunctional thermal and acoustic insulation system for an aircraft, the system configured to be received between an inner surface of an aircraft primary structure and a surface of a panel arrangement delimiting an aircraft cabin, the surface facing away from the aircraft cabin, and comprising:

• a control unit,
• a multilayer structure having a thermal and acoustic damping performance and comprising, in a stacked arrangement,
• a first continuous outer layer,
• a core layer, and
• a second continuous outer layer, wherein the core layer is received between the first and second continuous outer layers so that the first and second continuous outer layers cover the core layer at least on opposite sides thereof, and
• a plurality of functional components formed integrally and non-exchangeably with the multilayer structure,
• wherein functions of the functional components are related to at least one of the thermal and the acoustic damping performance of the multilayer structure,
• wherein the functional components are provided on a first outer layer side of the core layer, on a second outer layer side of the core layer, or on both,
• wherein the multilayer structure comprises at least two adjacent modular panel sections of the stacked layer arrangement,
• wherein the functional components are integrated in each of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections,
• wherein the functional components of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections are interconnected via at least two interconnecting points disposed at different locations along adjacent edges of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections, such that the at least two interconnecting points are displaced from one another, to allow joint control of the interconnected functional components of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections via the control unit, and
• wherein each of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections are jointly controlled by the control unit, such that the control unit communicates with each of the at least two adjacent modular panel sections through one of at least two adjacent modular panel sections proximate to the control unit.