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"Future Aircraft design following the carrier-pod concept as an enabler for co-modal seamless transport, passenger safety and environmental sustainability"

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS    more  Organization address address: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS RIO PATRAS city: RIO PATRAS postcode: 26500 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Vassilis Cognome: Kostopoulos Email: send email Telefono: +30 2610 969441 Fax: +30 2610 969417
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	730˙754 €
EC contributo	560˙750 €
Programma	FP7-TRANSPORT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)
Code Call	FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-L0
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-08-01   -   2014-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS  Organization address address: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS RIO PATRAS city: RIO PATRAS postcode: 26500 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Vassilis Cognome: Kostopoulos Email: send email Telefono: +30 2610 969441 Fax: +30 2610 969417	EL (RIO PATRAS)	coordinator	241˙600.00
2	STICHTING NATIONAAL LUCHT- EN RUIMTEVAARTLABORATORIUM  Organization address address: Anthony Fokkerweg 2 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1059CM contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Antonios Cognome: Kanakis Email: send email Telefono: +31 88 511 3766 Fax: +31 88 511 3210	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	186˙900.00
3	INASCO HELLAS ETAIRIA EFARMOSMENON AERODIASTIMIKON EPISTIMON D.BOFILIOS- A.BOFILIOS EE  Organization address address: OSOS NAPOLEONTOS ZERVA 18 city: GLYFADA ATHINA postcode: 16675 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Dimitri Cognome: Bofilios Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 9943427	EL (GLYFADA ATHINA)	participant	98˙900.00
4	PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA  Organization address address: Viale Castro Pretorio 116 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alessandro Cognome: Morando Email: send email Telefono: 390106000000 Fax: 390106000000	IT (ROMA)	participant	33˙350.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Aviation has dramatically transformed society over the past 100 years. Fast and efficient transportation has essentially been “shrinking the planet” and changing the landscape in terms of financial and societal conditions. The growth of air traffic over the past 50 years has been spectacular, and will continue in the future. This anticipated growth carries along challenges and opportunities in various aspects of life, from economics to the environment. Research must meet these emerging challenges by producing concepts and breakthrough technological achievements in air transport. Currently, one of the most challenging areas of aeronautical research is the air-vehicle itself, mainly in what concerns its form and operation. Passenger aircrafts have kept more or less the same basic design since the 40's. Several improvements have been introduced since then (composite materials for the main load bearing structure of the aircraft eg A350, B787) but none of them had altered the basic form of the aircraft or its main operation and handling. For the air-transport of the future several pioneering ideas meant for introducing radical changes in the air-transport system have been proposed, requiring several innovations and individual technical challenges to be met towards their implementation. An idea to be investigated within the frame of the proposed project is the design of the aircraft as a combination of a “carrier” and a “passenger pod”. The benefits from such a concept are multiple. - Inter-modal passenger transport. - Increased flexibility in aircraft configuration and fleet management. - Distributed airport facilities - Faster and easier passenger loading - Evacuation of the aircraft in case of an emergency'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The idea of driveless pods for transporting passengers that could be moved from trains to aeroplanes is gaining ground and could redefine air transport as we know it.