INFUCOMP
Simulation Based Solutions for Industrial Manufacture of Large Infusion Composite Parts
| Coordinatore | ESI GmbH
Organization address
address: Mergenthalerallee 15-21 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 5˙157˙994 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙299˙123 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-10-01 - 2013-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ESI GmbH
Organization address
address: Mergenthalerallee 15-21 contact info |
DE (Eschborn) | coordinator | 301˙500.00 |
| 2 |
ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS - ARMINES
Organization address
address: Boulevard Saint-Michel 60 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 415˙578.00 |
| 3 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Organization address
address: Oude Markt 13 contact info |
BE (LEUVEN) | participant | 332˙640.00 |
| 4 |
INASCO HELLAS ETAIRIA EFARMOSMENON AERODIASTIMIKON EPISTIMON D.BOFILIOS- A.BOFILIOS EE
Organization address
address: OSOS NAPOLEONTOS ZERVA 18 contact info |
EL (GLYFADA ATHINA) | participant | 260˙730.00 |
| 5 |
ESI GROUP
Organization address
address: 100-102 AVENUE DE SUFFREN contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 233˙169.00 |
| 6 |
HEXEL REINFORCEMENTS SAS
Organization address
address: ZI LA PLAINE BP contact info |
FR (DAGNEUX MONTLUEL) | participant | 233˙083.00 |
| 7 |
DAHER AEROSPACE SAS
Organization address
address: Route de Tours 23 contact info |
FR (SAINT JULIEN DE CHEDON) | participant | 224˙415.00 |
| 8 |
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: College Road contact info |
UK (CRANFIELD - BEDFORDSHIRE) | participant | 214˙710.00 |
| 9 |
SWEREA SICOMP AB
Organization address
address: Fibervaegen - Oejebyn 2 contact info |
SE (PITEA) | participant | 210˙938.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
Organization address
address: Keplerstrasse 7 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | participant | 197˙880.00 |
| 11 |
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Organization address
address: BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT contact info |
IL (LOD) | participant | 196˙992.00 |
| 12 |
SHORT BROTHERS PLC
Organization address
address: "Airport Road, Queens Island" contact info |
UK (BELFAST) | participant | 174˙575.00 |
| 13 |
UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS RIO PATRAS contact info |
EL (RIO PATRAS) | participant | 165˙663.00 |
| 14 |
PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA
Organization address
address: Viale Castro Pretorio 116 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 137˙250.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Today, advanced composites use either layers of plies impregnated with resin (pre-pregs) to form a laminate, or Liquid Composites Moulding (e.g. RTM) of dry textiles. Prepreg composites give superior mechanical properties due to toughened resins and high fibre content, but suffer from high material costs, limited shapeability, complex, expensive and time consuming manufacturing, and limited materials shelf life. Infusion technologies can overcome these limitations, but are not fully industrialised and rely on costly prototype testing due to the lack of simulation tools. Current infusion simulation technologies are approximate and really only suited to small scale components based on adaptations of Resin Transfer Moulding simulation; they are not accurate for large, thick and complex aerospace composites, where one sided tooling and vacuum membranes cause complex 3D heat/flow processes. The INFUCOMP project will develop the full simulation chain from preform design to manufacture (infusion), process/part optimisation and final part defects/mechanical performance prediction with a focus on the infusion step. The project covers all popular Liquid Resin Infusion (LRI) methods currently used in the Aerospace industry. Although focus is on aerospace applications, the work will be very relevant to other industries. The proposed technologies will allow economical manufacture of high performance, integrated, large scale composite structures; thus, positively contributing to their increased use. Benefits include lower cost, improved performance, greater payloads and fuel/emissions reductions. A team of two aircraft manufacturers, two tier one suppliers, a material manufacturer, university and industry researchers, and commercial software specialists; all with a recognised track record in this field have been selected from eight different CEC countries; one partner is an SME.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
EU-funded researchers are developing a simulation chain for the aerospace industry. Beginning with design, itends with the manufacture of large-scale structures from advanced composite materials.