Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Aircraft Metal Recycling (AIMERE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: France,France
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-08-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 279307.2
EU funding (EUR): 171246.6
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Since only a limited amount of A/C alloys can be reemployed into the initial quality, the recycling industry shall be able to identify parts containing high grade alloys to ensure its profitability . Therefore, the AiMeRe project proposes to set up a methodology for high grade alloys processing of ageing A/C. The valorisation of valuable parts requires advanced procedures to identify and differentiate high grades steels alloys such as Cobalt, Titan and Nickel. For these reasons, the consortium will collaborate with A/C manufacturers to define a cartography highlighting the areas of alloys interest. Then, technologies will be assessed to optimise the various phases - dismantling, sorting, processing - until valuable metals can be separated out for further industry usage. The AiMeRe consortium is composed of ENVISA, a French SME specialising in aviation environment issues and Bartin, a subsidiary of VEOLIA PROPRETE, a world leading company for the valorisation of industry waste. A mid-term workshop will be organised at Bartin’s Chateauroux airport dismantling platform to discuss the study’s results and attend an A/C dismantling to better evaluate mechanical an environment issues. The consortium also proposes to further investigate recycling potentials for plastics and composites as well as identify valuable outcomes for the various metal alloys, in particular in manufacturing industry. At the end of the study, the consortium will provide recommendations for regulations to ensure that A/C recycling is performed in compliance with environment constraints. This ambitious endeavour aims to contribute to higher competitiveness of the European industry, by fostering innovation. It is also expected to contribute to the Clean Sky - DFE, Design For Environment – strategy by better anticipating what would be the potentials for A/C recycling and how new materials like plastic and composites can be reused in the future.

Keywords: aircraft,metals,alloys,steel,composites,plastics,processing,environment,clean sky,regulations,standards
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layer Effects on Noise Propagation in High Speed Conditions (ENITEP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Belgium
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 750000.0
EU funding (EUR): 512450.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

A requirement has been produced to perform a combination of experimental wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations to study the phenomena of acoustic refraction through the aerodynamic boundary layer over a fuselage. The aim of the research will be to acquire and utilise experimental acoustic data to validate and develop numerical simulation methods in order to better understand the complex phenomena of noise transmission from Contra-rotating Open Rotor engines (CROR) into the aircraft cabin at cruise conditions. The research will utilise a significant number of existing test components and acoustic instrumentation to maximise the quantity of unique experimental data obtained. The tests will be performed in the ARA 2.74m x 2.44m Transonic Wind Tunnel using an acoustic liner insert to create a near anechoic environment in the working section. An existing fuselage model will be utilised, incorporating extensive steady and unsteady pressure sensor installations and a large array of microphones. An existing tonal noise source will also be utilised. Aircraft Research Association Ltd (ARA) proposes to apply its extensive experience and expertise in wind tunnel testing and model design and manufacture to lead this programme of work. ARA will liaise with the CfP leader during the design and manufacture of the test hardware and subsequent wind tunnel tests, developing and exploiting current state of the art techniques including traversing mechanisms for the hot-wire probes and high-speed acoustic data recording. The numerical acoustic simulations will be performed by Free Field Technologies (FFT) using CAA (Computational Aero-Acoustics) codes, which will be assessed and developed using the experimental acoustic data from the wind tunnel tests.

Keywords: wind tunnel tests models acoustics boundary layer high speed
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for identification of Aerospace Composites (LIBSAC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 147829.0
EU funding (EUR): 110871.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In the coming decades thousands of aircraft are due to be retired and dismantled. Other than components to be re-used, substantial parts of aircraft are stripped and shredded. Whereas todays technologies such as XRF work well in many respects, XRF is unable to properly identify aircraft composites, penetrate coatings and XRF is also costly. This proposal will modify and refine LIBS spectroscopy devices to demonstrate their capability to robustly identify aerospace composites, also when subject to ageing and coating. LIBS is a well-established spectroscopy technique outside the aerospace domain. It works by shining a laser beam on a sample, and identifying the atomic emission. TNO has access to a handful of different LIBS devices to perform the feasibility study. To enforce industrial, economic and operational realism, we are bringing companies AELS and Avantes as subcontractors. Both are very active and well-established in European recycling networks. TNO also brings a relevant industrial network to support further industrial development of a portable LIBS device.

Keywords: spectroscopy spectrometry raman libs aerospace composites recycling feasibility development
Open rotor Engine WELDed parts inspection using MINiaturizable NonDestructive Techniques (WELDMINDT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Sweden
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-05
End date: 2015-08-04
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 499520.6
EU funding (EUR): 374499.7
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

SAGE project, included in Clean Sky research project aims at demonstration of engines and technologies to reduce the fuel consumption and therefore reducing CO2 emissions in order to fulfill the European Aviation environmental objectives for 2020 of decrease 50% of CO2 emissions. WELDMINDT project is focused on giving solutions for the inspection of welded components with limited access in Open Rotor Engines. This will lead to a cost reduction in Open Rotor Engines manufacturing and maintenance by reducing the time of inspections, facilitating the market entry of this more effective and cleaner engines. Hence, indirectly the project results will have an important impact in environment, as well as the obvious industrial and technological impacts. Project’s main technical objectives are: - Integrate in a single system shearography, Infrared Thermography and Ultrasonic inspection - Use laser as a single excitation source for the inspection system - Advance in the knowledge of pseudo-real defects generation in advanced materials with different welding processes - Develop an automatic inspection system based on industrial robotics applications - Develop a FEM based model valid for fast piece simulation - Develop an “automatic” defect detection and sizing estimation software As conclusion, directly or indirectly the following impact is expected: A) The combination of multiple NDT techniques added to the use of advanced signal processing will increase the defect detection rate and size precision more than 20% B) Change the aero-engine inspection time concept: from minutes-hours (or even days in maintenance) to seconds C) Reduce simulation time more than 90% maintaining the precision D) By means of flexible fibres and other techniques as mirrors gain access/vision to currently inaccessible parts E) 30% fuel efficiency improvement

Keywords: active thermography,shearography,ndt,welding,miniaturizable
MAS DE NADA: Modeling and Advanced Software Development for Electrical Networks in Aeronautical Domain Analysis (MAS DE NADA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 249600.0
EU funding (EUR): 187200.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the current proposal is the development of an Electrical Network Analysis Model (ENAM) in Saber simulation environment and at behavioral modeling level. The model will be used for the analysis of power quality, stability and reliability of different configurations for the Electrical Test Bench (ETB). The proposal is based on the following keypoints: 1) a detailed Saber model for the ENAM will be implemented in order to perform short transient analyses. Starting from the literature regarding electrical equipment modeling, first a mathematical model will be derived. Successively, it will be translated into an electrical scheme adopting Saber standard library elements where possible, or user-defined components implemented in MAST code as an alternative. The ENAM will be equipped with a high-level supervisory control scheme, in order to manage failures. About testing process, a set of devoted tests will be performed, mainly referring to required stability, power quality, reliability and failure mode behavior. 2) a devoted software will be implemented in order to interface with the Saber models and perform the required tests. The software will be implemented as standalone, however requiring the presence of a full Saber package installed on the target machine, but hiding to the user the complexity of the Saber environment. The devoted software will use an external mathematical calculation environment (e.g. Matlab) for implementing the post-processing functionalities above reported (i.e. power quality, failure mode and reliability analysis) The proposed Project follows a typical workflow for both modeling process and software development basic tasks. The modeling activities will be based on main theoretical analysis, mathematical formulation, models implementation and results verification task. On the other hand, the software development workflow will be based on requirements analysis, specs derivation, design, implementation, testing and validation

Keywords: electrical network analysis model,saber,power quality,stability,failure mode,reliability,mast,supervisory control
Wireless Smart Distributed end System for Aircraft (WILDCRAFT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain,Spain
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 256299.13
EU funding (EUR): 188447.55
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

WILDCRAFT proposes the design, development and testing of a proof-of-concept demonstrator of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) aimed at applications in the aerospace industry. The continuous pressure on aircraft manufacturers to produce better and more secure aircrafts has led to increasing costs in maintenance and monitoring procedures that are being performed at given time intervals to assess the state of an aircraft. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) allows the continuous monitoring of critical variables of the operation of an aircraft, and as such they are able to issue early warning of a possible problem for immediate repairing. WILDCRAFT is paying attention to data fusion techniques needed for obtaining an “abstract sensor” from the measurements taken by a multiplicity of sensors deployed in a specific part in an aircraft. To that end we are going to study the most suitable algorithms to infer, estimate or summarize the state of the physical variable being measured. The designed algorithms will be implemented in a FPGA platform. In WILDCRAFT we are also considering the safety critical nature of any on-board system in an aircraft. The set of safety requirements of the system will be compiled and used for the specification, design and development of the building blocks of the system: sensors, energy harvesting, RF transceiver and microprocessor, and the corresponding levels of software and programmable hardware blocks.

Keywords: wireless sensor networks,data fusion algorithms,abstract sensor,safety critical design,fpga
Enhanced material lifing model for rotating welded structures (LIFEMOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Sweden,Netherlands,Sweden,Netherlands
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 873241.58
EU funding (EUR): 573949.43
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Green and sustainable engines require accurate and well documented material data for safe operation of the engines at optimum efficiency. The SAGE project aims at demonstrating open rotor engines and technologies to reduce fuel consumption, weight and increased efficiency of engine components. Structural integrity and safety of engine critical parts have to be considered with regard to design, manufacturing aspects and in-service maintenance and overhaul. The engine operating conditions, thermal and mechanical loads, material properties and other influencing parameters are affecting the Approved Life of the component. Extensive analysis, component & engine tests, and inspections during both component manufacturing and in-service have to be performed for verification. In particular, the regulations required for critical parts to fulfil appropriate damage tolerance criteria has to be considered, and the potential for failure from material, manufacturing and service induced anomalies within the Approved Life of the part. This means that the potential existence of various imperfections, defects and flaws in the component are recognized and are due to material issues, component design and manufacturing. This situation can be handled through the incorporation of fracture resistant design, process control and Non-destructive Testing (NDT). In fabricated components and structures different visual inspection and NDT methods are being used for weld inspection. The quality of the welds will determine the fatigue life of a component. This project will focus on welds made in IN718, both laser welds and TIG welds. Before testing the specimens will be NDT tested (WP2), then high cycle fatigue tested (WP4), creep fatigue tested (WP5), fracture surfaces examined (WP3), statistical analysis performed (WP6) and finally the lifing model developed (WP7). The model will then be put to use by the topic manager for design of green and sustainable engines.

Keywords: lifing model,high cycle fatigue,creep fatigue,inconel 718
FAST OPtimiser for continuous descent approaches (FASTOP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 17.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199951.0
EU funding (EUR): 149962.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

In the conventional aircraft approach the aircraft receives clearance from Air Traffic Control to descent from the bottom level of the holding stack to a given altitude where it would fly level until intercepting the 3 degree glidepath to the runway. In this flight level segment the aircraft requires additional engine power to maintain constant speed, resulting in an increase of fuel consumption and noise. A new approach procedure called Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) has been developed and is becoming widespread. In CDA procedures the aircraft stays higher for longer and then descends continuously, avoiding level segments, to the intercept point of the 3 degree glidepath. The CDA approaches reduce fuel consumption, CO2 and NOx emissions as well as noise levels. To take full advantage of CDA approaches, the continuous descent paths can be optimized to decrease even more the fuel consumption and noise and pollutant emissions. This proposal addresses an onboard fast optimiser for continuous descent approaches which calculates descent profiles minimizing the use of engine thrust and speed brakes while meeting ATC time requirements and maintaining airport landing capacity. To ensure a successful development of the fast optimiser, the Fastop proposal has been written by a consortium with remarkable parties skills that cover all the mathematical, programming and management needs required by the topic.

Keywords: fast optimiser for continuous
Panel Liquid Infusion Technology (PLIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain,Cyprus,Belgium
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 329211.0
EU funding (EUR): 246907.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The current Research Project deals with the development of Advanced CFRP Technologies for the cost-efficient, green and reliable manufacturing of stiffened wing large Aerostructures by Liquid Resin Infusion (LRI). The LRI process, especially for large scale structures, is not yet well mastered and validated simulation tools are a necessary requirement to properly industrialize this technology. Two major points will be adressed in this project : the development of an optimized simulation methodology for LRI process with large parts and stiffened wing skin panels, and the generation of an in-depth understanding of the flow phenomena in LRI and more experimental data and experience. The whole methodology will be based on commercial software but considering an accurate and cost-efficient physical approach. Second innovation lies in the design and development of an innovative test bench for validation and development of the LRI technology. This test bench will integrate the latest generation dielectric sensors allowing us to get accurate results.

Keywords: liquid infusion technology,numerical simulations,non-linear,aerostructures,large scale structures,low weight,test bench
Harvesting Dynamic 3D Worlds from Commodity Sensor Clouds (HARVEST4D)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,France,Italy,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2013-C, 2013)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3483770.0
EU funding (EUR): 2730670.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The current acquisition pipeline for visual models of 3D worlds is based on a paradigm of planning a goal-oriented acquisition - sampling on site - processing. The digital model of an artifact (an object, a building, up to an entire city) is produced by planning a specific scanning campaign, carefully selecting the (often costly) acquisition devices, performing the on-site acquisition at the required resolution and then post-processing the acquired data to produce a beautified triangulated and textured model. However, in the future we will be faced with the ubiquitous availability of sensing devices that deliver different data streams that need to be processed and displayed in a new way, for example smartphones, commodity stereo cameras, cheap aerial data acquisition devices, etc. We therefore propose a radical paradigm change in acquisition and processing technology: instead of a goal-driven acquisition that determines the devices and sensors, we let the sensors and resulting available data determine the acquisition process. Data acquisition might become incidental to other tasks that devices/people to which sensors are attached carry out. A variety of challenging problems need to be solved to exploit this huge amount of data, including: dealing with continuous streams of time-dependent data, finding means of integrating data from different sensors and modalities, detecting changes in data sets to create 4D models, harvesting data to go beyond simple 3D geometry, and researching new paradigms for interactive inspection capabilities with 4D data sets. In this project, we envision solutions to these challenges, paving the way for affordable and innovative uses of information technology in an evolving world sampled by ubiquitous visual sensors. Our approach is high-risk and an enabling factor for future visual applications. The focus is clearly on basic research questions to lay the foundation for the new paradigm of incidental 4D data capture.

Keywords: 3d acquisition,laser scanning,image capture,crowd sourcing data