Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Developing Mobile 3D Data Collection, Processing and Dissemination Solution for Construction SME-s (MOBI3CON)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Estonia,France,Norway,Belgium,Germany,Austria,Slovakia,Germany,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-SME-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2225770.8
EU funding (EUR): 1759332.8
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

European Construction Industry Federation (Fédération de l'Industrie Européenne de la Construction - FIEC), representing 2.4 million SME-s and The Belgian Building Research Institute (Le Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction - CSTC) with contributing members of more than 65 000 Belgian construction companies have recognised following serious problems, related to competitiveness of European construction industry: Comparing with other industries, the added value in construction is low European construction SME-s will become increasingly vulnerable from competition from ultra-low cost low-experienced migrant workers and companies from Asia Pacific region The usage of ICT solutions in construction industry is significantly smaller than in other industries 25-50% of engineering and management time on construction sites is wasted originating from incorrect initial information or non conformity of project and reality communication shortages and delays during the construction performance and therefore billions of €’s are wasted The general goal of Mobi3Con project is to overcome the gap in 3D information between the actual situation and information stored in the construction stakeholders’ databases. There is a significant gap between the requirements of the users of existing 3D solutions and their cost and actual capabilities. To bridge these gaps we will develop a rugged and robust handheld 3D navigation and 3D data processing system, usable on site and in field conditions which will enable easy 3D data management. Our solution will enable 3D navigation in buildings and enable interaction with generally accepted engineering software tools. It will be easy to use and inexpensive for construction SME-s. To communicate with existing 3D enterprise resource management and client management systems it will be able to collect, process, and transfer 3D data about field conditions and infrastructure locations on construction sites and provide interoperability with existing 3D data processing systems via access interfaces, developed during Mobi3Con project. Our consortium represents 9 participants from 6 EU countries

Keywords: reducing of complexity of 3d navigation,open source 3d software,xml,ircxml,radio frequency navigation
PERFOMANCE OF INNOVATIVE MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS IN PRECAST BUILDINGS STRUCTURES UNDER SEISMIC CONDITIONS (SAFECAST)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: European organisations area,Italy,Greece,Türkiye,Portugal,Slovenia,Spain,Spain,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3962776.22
EU funding (EUR): 3040906.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

The seismic behaviour of connections in precast construction systems has been largely recognized as a crucial matter to be addressed both by the industry sector and by the related research community. In spite of this situation, the complexity of the problem and the variety of inherent issues to be harmonizedly dealt with in proposing design procedures for connections and precast structures as a whole, have made it difficult so far to conceive self-sufficient solutions and approaches of general validity. Scope of SAFECAST is to give effective answers to this need of self-sufficient, harmonized solution of the problems of correct seismic design of joints and connections in precast structures. The innovative aspect of the project is the unified performance based perspective in which the problem of the characterization of the seismic behaviour of connections will be dealt with. Such complex problem, in fact, needs to be dealt with in a unified performance based framework, since when dimensioning and designing the system for an optimum performance under earthquake loading, all the other basic performance requirements, i.e. durability, deformability limits, energy dissipation…, are also to be taken into account and complied with. The proposed consortium represents a unique combination of countries joined by two peculiar characteristics: for all of them seismic loads play a fundamental role in the construction sector. Secondly, all partners are “concrete counties”, nations for which concrete is the main construction material. For these reasons, the immediate expected consequence of the proposed project is to improve competitiveness of precasting, as a sector, to promote a general increase in the quality and safety of constructions offered to the market and end-users in general, to enhance the contents of precast building solutions in terms of quality guarantee, performance optimization, reliability, safety in the event of an earthquake.

Keywords: seismic performance,unified performance based framework,psd testing
A rapid and reliable tool for assessing the malting quality of barley using automated optical analysis (OPTIMALT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,Finland,France,Türkiye,Italy,Austria,Spain,Spain,Finland
Call:  (FP7-SME-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2901947.4
EU funding (EUR): 2236426.5
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The EU malting barley industry supplies almost 50% of global malting barley requirements. The sustainability of thousands of EU SME farmers depend on the competitiveness of this industry, as is the quality of our brewing and distilling industries. Malting barley demands a premium at the farm gate but, in return, must exceed a range of malting quality (MQ) parameters laid down by the processing industries. Determination of barley MQ is a critical issue, as the accuracy of its assessment determines if the barley is suitable to be taken into the plant, influencing its price and subsequent quality of the end product. MQ is a complex character. To date its grading is largely dependent on a combination of visual appraisals of the barley and other assessments, including wet chemistry techniques, to segregate malting barley into grades of different end use value. Current assessment practices are plagued with limitations: time and labour intensive, prone to operator interpretation, etc. This project will provide the Malting Barley chain with a novel MQ assessment tool to replace the expensive, laborious and non-objective standard analyses currently used by the sector. Novel inspection techniques will be researched (NIRS, NIT, Raman, Imaging fluorescence spectroscopy and FT-IR/PAS) to determine their potential for predicting MQ parameters. A prototype measuring instrument will be designed, developed and calibrated against existing reference methods. It will be validated for use along the malting barley chain and will provide analyses in individual and whole barley grains and in a large number of samples in order to assess the homogeneity of the incoming raw material, vital for good MQ determination, and will assist in analysing the malting process. The RTD results will raise the quality of the EU malting barley supply chain, safeguarding growth and employment in many rural economies across EU-27, and ensuring consistent quality in industries dependent on high quality malt

Keywords: novel inspection technologies,nirs,nit,raman spectroscopy,imaging fluorescence spectroscopy,ft-ir/pas,assessing homogenity,measuring individual grains
Mid-frequency vibro-acoustic modelling tools / Innovative CAE methodologies to strengthen European competitiveness (MID-MOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Belgium,Germany,Italy,Italy,United Kingdom,Sweden,Germany,Poland,Sweden,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3817865.0
EU funding (EUR): 2477612.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Noise and vibration have a very large impact on the competitiveness of transportation vehicles, not only driven by the increasing customer demand for vibro-acoustic comfort, but also by the tightening legal regulations regarding noise and vibration emissions and immissions. Since noise and vibration as functional performance attributes often conflict with other attributes, such as weight and CO2 emission, concurrent design and analysis procedures are required. Such processes involve multi-attribute optimisation and are facilitated by the use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools. Also, there is an increasing trend towards virtual prototyping to reduce costs and development times. As a result, good CAE tools are essential in modern vehicle design. Ideally CAE tools would be applicable in the whole frequency range of interest, which is the audio-frequency range. In practice specific methods are applicable in a limited frequency region. A class of deterministic “low frequency” methods is both well developed and well established. At “high frequencies” energy based methods are valuable, but less well-established. There is however a “mid-frequency” gap in current modelling capabilities: too high for deterministic and too low for energy based tools. This is important, since it strongly affects product performance and competitiveness. The lack of CAE tools for mid-frequency issues forms the target for this collaborative project. In this project a well balanced consortium of both academic and industrial partners will develop robust CAE tools, applicable for the analysis of mid-frequency noise and vibration problems. In a second stage, these tools will be applied on industrial problems, filling the currently existing gap. A third important aspect of the project is the dissemination of mid-frequency analysis and modelling skills throughout the EU engineering community to spread crucial knowledge and skills in strengthening EU transportation vehicle competitiveness.

Keywords: vibrations,structural dynamics,acoustics,noise,mid-frequency,analysis,design,modelling,optimisation,finite element analysis,statistical energy analysis,energy methods,hybrid methods
Bio-Ethanol engine for Advanced Urban Transport by Light Commercial Vehicle & Heavy DutY (BEAUTY) (BEAUTY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Austria,Poland,United States,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6145634.0
EU funding (EUR): 2970000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The dedicated internal combustion engines considered in the proposal can be fuelled with pure bioethanol or its blends with hydrocarbon-based fuel; their application is intended for light commercials and heavy duty busses and trucks (e.g.: garbage trucks) on captive fleets, then allowing a much higher amplitude of adaptation of bioethanol blends to the need of the combustion process. Three technology ways will be explored: • for heavy-duty urban vehicles, a spark ignition (Otto cycle) engine designed for heavy-duty application; • for light commercials, a spark ignition (Otto cycle) engine using in some part of engine operations an innovative controlled auto-ignition (CAI) process; • for light commercials, a compression ignition (Diesel cycle) engine using an innovative surface ignition system. Objective of the project is to build, in a crash programme of 2 years, engine solutions based on the three technology ways able to meet ambitious targets in terms of: • future emission limits (Euro 6); • fuel conversion efficiency (at least 10% higher than that of a today SI engine running on equivalent bioethanol blends); • cold startability down to - 15 °C of ambient temperature. Starting from existing powertrains, the engine systems (including after-treatment), components and materials will be adapted and optimised. The most promising route for maximising the benefits in terms of local- and global-emissions will be identified. The three technology ways will be compared in terms of costs and time to market, taking into account the type of fuel that can be used in the captive fleet. Basic innovative elements of each technology way able to fully answer to characteristics of bio-ethanol blends will be shared with the other technology ways in order to integrate, where possible, the given technology ways approach and to design a road map of the technology steps favoring a progressive introduction in the EU of bioethanol

Keywords: bio-ethanol,heavy duty engines,light commercial vehicles
MARitime POlicy Support (MARPOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Spain,Germany,Belgium,Netherlands,Lithuania
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-12-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 479820.0
EU funding (EUR): 479820.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

MARPOS aims at assisting the Commission in the implementation of the EU Maritime Transport Policy priorities by utilising the results of past and current research work in Maritime Transport and related expertise from the Transport sector. It addresses the issue by consolidating and synthesising the results of Maritime Transport research in the past two FPs (FP5 and FP6) as well as the current FP7, in order to come up with a set of conclusions about the results of maritime transport research on 5 maritime transport thematic areas, namely, competitiveness, environment ,energy, safety –security and human factors. Key output of MARPOS will be a publication with the results of the EC funded research work and an easy-to-use searchable database (e-tool) through which all interested parties will have the opportunity to be informed on the results of the European research over the past decade. The e-tool will be updateable providing links to the past and current/future research work in European maritime transport area. The project looks also in detail in the reverse direction, in a way compatible with the requirements of the current Transport programme, the future needs and priorities for EU funded Maritime Transport research so as to better serve the realisation of the objectives of the general Maritime Transport Policy. Finally, an important part of the work is devoted to dissemination and networking actions. These activities include the organisation of 2 major events as well as the use of internet. The aim is to present to various experts, administrators, and policy makers across EU the Maritime Transport research evolution, including objectives and outcomes, and recommendations regarding future Transport research themes & priorities.

Keywords: maritime policy,impacts,green paper,future needs
Reduced Energy Consumption by Massive Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery in Light Duty Trucks (HEATRECAR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,France,Germany,Germany,France,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4240834.2
EU funding (EUR): 2513250.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the project is to reduce the energy consumption and curb CO2 emissions of vehicles by massively harvesting electrical energy from the heat within the exhaust system and re-use this energy to supply electrical components within the vehicle or to feed the powertrain of hy-brid electrical vehicles (HEV). The recovery of the thermal energy will be performed by novel, labo-ratory-available thermoelectric (TE) materials which are able to work at the adequate high tem-peratures and exhibit high performance.

Keywords: waste heat recovery,co2 emission abatement,green energy,thermoelectrics,fuel consumption reduction,high efficiency vehicle,energy management,light duty trucks
SMART Container Chain Management (SMARTCM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,China,Netherlands,Belgium,Finland,Germany,Italy,Belgium,Germany,Switzerland,Thailand,Austria,Belgium,Belgium,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-08-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10504642.6
EU funding (EUR): 6499942.0
Participants: 31
Project status: CLOSED

SMART_CM aims to do advanced technology implementation and research in order to overhaul the complete container door-to-door transport chain so that it is more efficient, secure, market driven, and competitive. It systematically analyses current processes and systems, produces new innovative concepts for processes and technologies, and demonstrates all these in a set of 2 world scale Demonstrators covering 4 supply chain corridors. Its “view”, analyses, and recommendations fall in the following four areas thus ensuring a fully comprehensive coverage of the call subject: 1.Innovation / Technology 2.Commercial / market issues 3.Business / organisational issues 4.Legal / Security issues The SmartCM project objectives may be summarized as following: - Stimulate interoperable B2B co-operation in door-to-door container transport security. - Develop compliant application of B2B and B2A container security data solutions with international Customs operations. - Develop a neutral approach and service platform for secure and interoperable data communications. - Define added value services and chain visibility enabling techniques for fulfilling operational requirements of the actors - Develop prototypes of advanced applications in global container management, such dynamic scheduling at the containers - Assess large applicability of the above-mentioned project solutions by considering costs and benefits - Analyze existing business models in global container chain management and operation and study e-managing business models - Contribute to standards development for advancing of interoperability of technologies SMART-CM involves all type of actors and big global players in the container trade today, such as: K&N, DHL, COSCO, PSA and DPW, as well as SME’s, and International Organizations that are world “players” in setting standards, promoting Intermodal Transport or Container registration, and security

Keywords: intermodality,intelligent containers,service platforms,logistics,global chain management and monitoring,optimisation
Differences and similarities in driver INTERACTION with in-vehicle technologies (INTERACTION)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Czechia,Spain,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Australia,Finland,Portugal,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3334208.69
EU funding (EUR): 2499963.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of INTERACTION project is to identify the patterns of use of in-vehicle technologies by European drivers in everyday life and their long term effects on driver’s behaviour and skills in normal and emergency situations. Thus, the project will highlight cultural and individual differences amongst European drivers that influence the nature of drivers interactions in-vehicle technology, and the consequent outcomes of these interactions. To achieve these objectives, a comprehensive research framework to investigate in-vehicle technology use has been developed. This framework is based on an innovative combination of well established research methodologies and technics : focus groups, questionnaire survey, naturalistic observations, and in-depth observations. The purpose of this combined approach is to gather self-reported and observed driver behaviour data and qualitative and quantitative analysis. The target impacts will be the reduction of the risks of systems misuses and of possible human error by drivers. Thus, it will increase the global benefits of in vehicle technology in enhancing road safety. To reach this target, two main operational outcomes will be issued from the knowledge acquired during the project. On the one hand, the knowledge will allow to define actions to strengthen drivers’ awareness for the use of these technologies and for the consequences that such use has or may have. On the other hand, the knowledge will permit to edit recommendations for the design of future systems and of appropriate instructions for drivers that will use them to favour a safe use of in-vehicle technologies by European drivers.

Keywords: behavioural studies,road safety,human error,in-vehicle technologies,cross-cultural differences
Sustainable Knowledge Platform for the European Maritime and Logistics Industry (SKEMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Finland,United Kingdom,Sweden,Cyprus,Latvia,United Kingdom,Denmark,Denmark,Ireland,Netherlands,Not available,Ireland,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-TREN-1_05June, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-15
End date: 2011-06-14
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2433240.53
EU funding (EUR): 2200000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

SKEMA aims to establish a Sustainable Knowledge Platform to be used by policy makers and stakeholder groups in the European Maritime and Logistics Industry. The SKEMA Knowledge Platform will contain a Knowledge Base that will be populated by Consolidation Studies and associated Periodic Studies and outputs from Thematic Activities addressing key challenges for the European maritime transport and logistics industry. In essence SKEMA will gather dispersed and unstructured information and will convert it into valuable knowledge. The SKEMA Knowledge Platform will become a key source of knowledge for European maritime transport and logistics stakeholders and will stimulate the development of a growing network of users representing business and public organisations who will contribute to its sustainable development.

Keywords: maritime and logistics knowledge base,sustainable surface transport,integrated maritime policy,advanced logistic solutions