The project proposal concerns the challenges posed by the physical integration of smart intelligent structural concepts. It addresses aircraft weight and operational cost reductions as well as an improvement in the flight profile specific aerodynamic performance.
This concerns material concepts enabling a conformal, controlled distortion of aerodynamically important surfaces, material concepts enabling an active or passive status assessment of specific airframe areas with respect to shape and potential damages and material concepts enabling further functionalities which to date have been unrealizable.
Past research has shown the economic feasibility and system maturity of aerodynamic morphing. However, few projects concerned themselves with the challenges arising from the structural integration on commercial aircraft. In particular the skin material and its bonding to the substructure is challenging. It is the aim of this project proposal to demonstrate the structural realizability of individual morphing concepts concerning the leading edge, the trailing edge and the winglet on a full-size external wing by aerodynamic and structural testing.
Operational requirements on morphing surfaces necessitate the implementation of an independent, integrated shape sensing system to ensure not only an optimal control of the aerodynamic surface but also failure tolerance and robustness. Developments made for structural health monitoring will be adapted to this task. Similar systems optimized for rapid in-service damage assessment have progressed to a maturity which allows their inclusion in the next generation of aircraft. However, the time consuming application of these sensor systems has to be further improved by integration at the component manufacturing level. The additional benefit of a utilization of these adapted systems for part manufacture process and quality control shall be assessed in SARISTU.
Addressing the Nanotechnology aspect of the call, benefits regarding significant damage tolerance and electrical conductivity improvements shall be realized at sub-assembly level.
Coordinator
Airbus Operations Gmbh (Germany)
Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali-DICAM
- Resp. Scientifico: Dott. Alessandro Marzani
Aernnova Engineering Solutions Iberica Sa (Spain)
Universiteit Twente (Netherlands)
Yacht Teccon Engineering Gmbh & Co. Kg (Germany)
University Of Patras (Greece)
Redam Srl (Italy)
Nastech Srl - Novel Aerospace Technologies (Italy)
Kok & Van Engelen Composite Structures Bv (Netherlands)
Innowattech Ltd (Israel)
Critical Materials Lda (Portugal)
Catalyse Sarl (France)
Atard Savunma Ve Havacilik Sanayi Ileri Teknoloji Uygulamalari Arastirma Ve Gelistirme A.S. (Turkey)
Universitaet Siegen (Germany)
Technobis Fibre Technologies Bv (Netherlands)
Latecoere (France)
Segula Aeronautique Sas (France)
Mare Engineering Spa (Italy)
Easn Technology Innovation Services Bvba (Belgium)
Saab Aktiebolag (Sweden)
Fischer Advanced Composite Components Ag (Austria)
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain)
Fundacja Partnerstwa Technologicznego Technology Partners (Poland)
Eads Uk Ltd. (UK)
Fundacion Para La Investigacion, Desarrollo Y Aplicacion De Materiales Compuestos (Spain)
European Aeronautic Defence And Space Company Eads France Sas (France)
Airbus Operations Sl (Spain)
Societe Nationale De Construction Aerospatiale Sonaca Sa (Belgium)
Airbus Operations Sas (France)
Universitaet Stuttgart (Germany)
Airbus Operations Limited (UK)
Federal State Unitary Enterprise The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute Named After Prof. N.E. Zhukovsky (Russian Federation)
Short Brothers Plc (UK)
Gkn Aerospace Services Limited (UK)
Inasco - Integrated Aerospace Sciences Corporation O.E. (Greece)
Politecnico Di Milano (Italy)
Tusas-Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii As (Turkey)
Societe Anonyme Belge De Constructions Aeronautiques-S.A.B.C.A. (Belgium)
Eads Deutschland Gmbh (Germany)
Invent Innovative Verbundwerkstofferealisation Und Vermarktung Neuertechnologien Gmbh (Germany)
Alenia Aermacchi Spa (Italy)
Hellenic Aerospace Industry Sa (Greece)
Universidad Politecnica De Madrid (Spain)
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany)
Samtech Sa (Belgium)
Office National D'Etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales (France)
Centre De Recherche En Aeronautique Asbl - Cenaero (Belgium)
Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft - Und Raumfahrt E.V. (Germany)
Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali Scpa (Italy)
Swerea Sicomp Ab (Sweden)
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (Germany)
Politecnico Di Torino (Italy)
Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli “Federico II” (Italy)
Nanocyl S.A. (Belgium)
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique-CNRS (France)
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Israel)
Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine (UK)
Vyzkumny A Zkusebni Letecky Ustav A.S. (Czech Republic)
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Stichting Nationaal Lucht- En Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (Netherlands)
Universidade De Aveiro (Portugal)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Alpex Technologies Gmbh (Austria)
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Rektörlügü (Turkey)
Start date 01/09/2011
End date 31/08/2015
Duration 48 months
Project Reference 284562
Project cost 54.646.143,58 EURO
Project Funding 34.127.572,09 EURO
Area FP7-COOPERATION- AAT-TRANSPORT
Subprogramme Area AAT.2011.4.4-3. Integrated approach to smart airframe structures
Contract type Collaborative Project-Large-scale integrating project