Projet USES2 (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Detecting degradation that endangers the safety and impairs availability of infrastructure and components is currently the task of schedule-driven Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), this process is however costly and disruptive. The attractive alternative is to use condition based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).  Current, SHM typically uses sensors that provide local information only, which may be insufficient for detecting interior degradation or require very dense networks. Furthermore, the performance of both in-situ sensing systems and algorithms to process and interpret the sensor data is reduced when subject to Environmental and Operational Conditions (EOC). This limits their large-scale deployment.  USES2 will develop and combine novel emerging sensing technologies (optical fibre and wireless pieozoelectric sensors), advanced processing (compressed sensing, artificial intelligence) and full-mechanical-waveform-based imaging to tackle these issues.  Key to this cross-disciplinary work is a new generation of researchers with skills across sensing and signal processing. They will be trained with a unique combination of “hands-on” multidisciplinary research demonstrators, industrial placements, and courses /workshops on scientific and transferable skills. All of which is facilitated by the broad intersectoral composition of the consortium.  USES2 will produce world class researchers expert in innovative sensing solutions, advanced mechanical wave processing and robust EOC compensation methods. Their skills will be embodied in a series of laboratory demonstrators and in situ industrially relevant experiments spanning three key sectors of European industry: energy [power plants (nuclear, wind), hydrogen storage, pipeline networks for fuel exploration and transport], mobility for citizens (aircraft, automotive industry) and construction (urban subsurface soil, infrastructures).

Mots clés : mechanical waves, ultrasonics, seismics, optical fibre, wireless, piezoelectric sensor, optoelectronic, imagery, concrete, composite, soil, structure, ambient noise, full waveform

Participants :
- Université de Bristol (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technique de Rhénanie-Westphalie à Aix-la-Chapelle (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Gustave Eiffel (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 565387.2 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Inductosense ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Zensor (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 262620.0 €
- Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262620.0 €
- Université technique d'Ilmenau (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université polytechnique de Madrid (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251971.2 €
- Airbus (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 251971.2 €
- Électricité de France (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Isamgeo italia s.r.l. (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 259437.6 €
- Temai ingenieros sl (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Faber industrie spa (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 282693.6 €
- Vallen systeme gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Enivibes srl (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €