Projet ConFlex (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

We propose to develop systems and control theory needed to understand and control large flexible structures and fluid structure interactions. The beneficiaries are a group of 15 academics from the fields of modelling, control theory, distributed parameter systems and fluid dynamics, aeroelasticity, swimming and marine engineering, working in either mathematics or engineering departments, with strong links between us. We are located at 10 universities in the UK, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Israel. In addition, we have four partner universities in Canada, China, USA and France and 11 prestigious industry partners, mostly from Europe. We believe that our backgrounds and skills are sufficiently close so that we can (and do) communicate with ease, but also sufficiently distinct so that we can cover many aspects of this field, and hence (as a consortium) offer outstanding training to young researchers. We believe that this area will have a great impact on the technology of the future, as well as on our understanding of nature, and we are eager to train new scientists and engineers in this broad field. We believe that Science and Technology in Europe will greatly benefit from this research, and from the education and and knowledge that we will impart to a new generation of researchers. Our research plans are organized into five scientific work packages, which cover mathematical systems theory, modelling and model reduction, relevant aspects of control theory, and applications. The applications that we plan to investigate concern a wide range of flexible structures in interaction with fluids: wind turbines, aircraft wings, precision machine tools, vessels linked by cables as encountered in marine salvage operations and microscopic electromechanical devices. These apparently unrelated systems face similar challenges and can be analysed and controlled in a unified framework.

Mots clés : flexible structure, fluid structure interaction, port hamiltonian system, coupled distributed, parameter system, wind turbine, marine engineering, vibrations, internal model principle, robust, control

Participants :
- Autonomous University of Madrid (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 247872.96 €
- German Aerospace Center (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262875.6 €
- Tel Aviv University (Israël) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 520601.04 €
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel) (Israël) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group (China) (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Thales alenia space france (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Airbus (Germany) (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- National Renewable Energy Centre (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Twente (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 510748.56 €
- ASML (Netherlands) (Pays-Bas) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Waterloo (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Fti consulting (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1 (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Wuppertal (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Université de Bordeaux (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 525751.2 €
- University of Exeter (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 273287.88 €
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Office national d’études et de recherches aérospatiales (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Warwick (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 546575.76 €
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 546575.76 €