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 | 3rd International EASN Association Workshop on Aerostructures
In the frame of EASN knowledge and innovation dissemination activities, the 3rd workshop organized by the EASN Association aims to offer the Aeronautics community a forum to present and discuss the latest advances in the wider area of Aerostructures, to give an updated state of the art of the research in Aerostuctures in Europe and to present new ideas and innovative concepts for future research and projects. Read more on the EASN website.
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| | EASN endorsed projects for the 6th FP7 call: Outcome and lessons learned
Having coordinated the EASN projects endorsement process and now knowing the final outcome, I feel the obligation to share with all the EASN members and especially with those who actively assisted and participated in the process the final results and some main conclusions from my point of view. Read more on the EASN website.
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 | Views and opinions on International collaboration
Mr Alessandro Damiani (Head of Unit, European Commission DG RTD), Mr Stephen Godwin (Director, Studies and Special Programs of the TRB) and Dr George Kotsikos (Newrail, Newcastle University, HERMES project coordinator) share their views on the importance of International collaboration in Transport research and the way forward. Read more on the EASN website
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Interview of Professor Spiros Pantelakis, chairman of the EASN Association
Professor Spiros Pantelakis, Chairman of the EASN Association, comments on the Horizon 2020 and highlights the main points of the EASN position paper on Horizon 2020. Read more on the EASN website |
 | The Joint European Technology Platform (ETP)
The first two workshops of the Joint European Technology Platform (ETP) Task Force on infrastructure research for the new European research frame programme “Horizon 2020” were organized in September 2012 and February 2013 in Brussels. The global idea is to establish a higher-level advisory council involving research stakeholders from different transport modes as well as infrastructure providers.
The Joint ETP was initiated by the European Commission (Directorates-General for Transport and Mobility as well as Research & Innovation) and the intention is to streamline work programmes on transport, especially when infrastructures and different transport modes are addressed. The joint task force intends to provide a single roadmap on infrastructure research and innovation by mid-2013 so that it can contribute to the design of Horizon 2020.
There was a general agreement that this initiative has a lot of potential and the synergies can be found where the research roadmaps of the different ETP’s show sufficient overlap. At the moment, only the ETP’s such as ACARE and the European Commission have a mandate for developing this Joint ETP, but the workshops are usually open for all stakeholders. Also EASN will be present and report on new developments.
External website link for more information
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| Progress in the activities of ACARE Monitoring Group presented by the EASN representative Prof. J. Rohacs
ACARE Monitoring Group is a group of representatives of the ACARE stakeholders.
The Monitoring Group is a permanent group of ACARE in charge of monitoring the progress in development of aeronautics, aeronautical industry and air transport against the objectives defined for middle and long term strategic documents.
Read more on the EASN website
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 | 3rd International Conference of Engineering Against Failure, ICEAF III
The ICEAF III conference is held under the auspices of EASN and the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS).The
scope of the Conference is to attract interdisciplinary work dedicated
to the design against and prevention of engineering failure. Works are
expected to cover a number of different technological areas including
Aeronautics, Construction, Automotive, Bioengineering, Recycling, etc. Read more |
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News from the Aeronautical community
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The 12 month progress meeting of the HERMES project (www.hermes-project.net/)
took place on the 30th October 2012 in Prague. A live demonstration of
the “transport research access portal was given. The portal is now
linked with most major transportation research databases and scheduled
to go public 04/2013.
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 | Significant progress is being made in all 3 Technology Streams activities.
The design of the morphing parts of the Leading Edge, Trailing Edge and Winglet is on track and almost finished. The SHM systems to be implemented on different parts of the aircraft were down-selected. |
Test campaigns on the multifunctional materials are ongoing. First results from mechanical and electrical conductivity testing have become available and are under evaluation.
External website link for more information: www.saristu.eu. |
 | HIKARI (High speed Key technologies for future Air transport - Research &Innovation cooperation scheme) was officially launched during the two day Kick-Off Meeting held on February 28th – March 1st at the EADS premises located in Suresnes, Paris. |
| HIKARI, which means “light” in Japanese, aims at pursuing and bringing one step further cooperation between Europe and Japan in the field of high speed transport (HST). The primary output from HIKARI will be technology roadmaps relying on synergies between all the different projects brought by the partners, and more particularly ZEHST, ATLLAS, LAPCAT, LEA, Japanese projects. |
 | Following the successful final meeting the publishable summary has been compiled and is available here. This report summarises the work performed throughout the duration of the project and its main results. |
| The project provided common R&T roadmaps for co-operation to be introduced in future calls for proposals within Framework programmes of the European Commission and mechanisms in the US. CooperatEUS indicated the areas where the co-operation topics are mutually favoured assuring a good reciprocity between the parties |
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EASN endorsed projects: Latest
achievements
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 | Following the adaptation of novel NDT techniques to detect contamination of CFRP samples by moisture and silicone-based release agent down to relevant threshold values, samples for the third and final test campaign are now being prepared. This test campaign will focus on contamination by hydraulic fluid, on thermal degradation and poorly cured adhesive. |
 | The IASS first Mid-Year progress review meeting was conducted via an online electronic platform (WebEx) on February 18th, 2013. During the meeting the overall progress of the project was presented as well as the progress of each work package and their current results. |
| In general, all the activities are on time and according to plan. Following the promising preliminary work performed in the first months, the best formulation of the epoxy matrix to be used is expected to be the most important milestone in the near future. External website link for more information: www.iass-project.eu |
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The INMA project (www.inmaproject.eu) which aims to develop an innovative manufacturing technology for complex aircraft and engine Ti components using asymmetric incremental sheet forming (AISF), lean heating and knowledge-based (KB) modeling has generated new results. |
During the period, the forming cell at one of the end-user’s has been operative for the project activities.
The implementation of a global heating device for hot forming continues progressing and the sheet temperature homogeneity has been increased. On the other hand, forming equipment is being set up and the fabrication of one of the demonstrators will start in brief. |
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National Aerospace University “KhAI” (Ukraine) has issued brochure “Aerospace Research and Education at KhAI”, representing University main research activities and capabilities, as also offering R&D cooperation for prospective EU collaborators in HORIZON 2020 (Aeronautics). Brochure can be downloaded here.
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New test rig for predicting corrosion fatigue performance of materials has been developed at “Physical Metallurgy Laboratory” of the “Aristotle University of Thessaloniki”. Fully automated and agile construction for testing at various loads, frequencies, corrosion medium and thermal cycling.
For more information click here or contact nmichail@eng.auth.gr
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TEEG
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The Turbomachinery, Energy and Environment Group of the Industrial Engineering Department of UNIV. Florence-Italy carry out following activities:
“A complete set of numerical tools for turbomachinery analysis is available. Uncertainty quantification is applied to specific topics and to unsteady combustor-turbine interaction. The latter is described taking into account metal temperature, cooling systems, cavity flows and flow control devices. Combustion systems in GT and aero engines are analyzed and investigated with renewable fuels as well and with attention to noise reduction.”
The Group led by prof. F.Martelli, is composed by 5 Post-Doc (S.Salvadori, A.Spadi, A.Marini, C.Bernatdini, A.Cappelletti),4PhD Students (A.Insinna, A.Mattana,M.Rizzo, M.Buffi) and support staff. For more information click here or here
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ALTHOM Greece engineers attended a specialized seminar on Stress Analysis of Aircraft Structures which was held at the Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials of the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics of the University of Patras on behalf and in cooperation with ALTHOM Germany.
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ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1st to 4th July 2013. The objective of the Conference is to present state of the art in the theory and applications of multibody system dynamics. The special sessions will be focused on the aerospace applications, including flight vehicle dynamics, multi-physics and coupled problems
External website link for more information: ECCOMAS |
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