Coordinatore | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II.
Organization address
address: Corso Umberto I 40 contact info |
Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
Totale costo | 81˙000 € |
EC contributo | 81˙000 € |
Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES |
Funding Scheme | MC-IRSES |
Anno di inizio | 2010 |
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-08-01 - 2013-07-31 |
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1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II.
Organization address
address: Corso Umberto I 40 contact info |
IT (NAPOLI) | coordinator | 28˙800.00 |
2 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Organization address
address: Highfield contact info |
UK (SOUTHAMPTON) | participant | 27˙000.00 |
3 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Organization address
address: Oude Markt 13 contact info |
BE (LEUVEN) | participant | 25˙200.00 |
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'A great effort has been spent in the mechanical engineering fields in order to conceive new panels of improved static and dynamic performances. This was due to the search of innovative design solutions specifically tailored for facing with the problem of transportation engineering where the vehicle requires high stiffness, low weight, low noise, low cost design. The project will allow the co-operation among five different research groups of different sizes but all active at international scale, in the automotive, aerospace, naval, and railway transportation. The process of exchanging researchers and coordinating activities will allow maximising the specific expertise of each group, and aiming also to a faster selection and developments of the candidate panels, configuration and materials. In fact, the range of such panels is now very large according also to the possibility offered by new technologies, but these last are still to be deeply investigated in order to explore their capabilities. Further, on the researcher shelf there are innovative methods that only a decade ago were at an initial stage; in fact, the increase of the knowledge about standard predictive structural and structural-acoustic tools has been impressive and in the near future some of the methods now used at research level will enter in the common engineering practice. In this project they will be extensively used, tested and verified against the specific measurements that will be needed to verify the predicted and expected performances. Several candidate solutions will be suggested and motivated at the beginning of the project, so defining a sort of current design. The results will qualify how and where the specific performances have been increased without penalties for any other standard requirements. The main attention will be devoted to assure compliance with the static requirements and to improve the dynamic and vibroacoustic performances. Other emerging requirements as the flammability will be also investigated.'
Panels play a critical role in the performance of cars, aircraft, boats and buildings. EU-funded scientists have validated design tools and increased understanding of how structure relates to function for rapid realisation of improved concepts.
Panels impart not only structural support but also modify acoustics and vibration and can be specialised to enable thermal and fire-retardant properties. Despite tremendous advances in mechanical engineering designs and panel performance, detailed knowledge of the behaviour of these panels under varying conditions is still limited.
With EU support of the project 'Strengthening and upholding the performances of the new engineered research panels' (SUPERPANELS), scientists applied novel predictive structural and structural-acoustic tools to test and verify them against experimental data. Outcomes have been important to validation of the tools themselves and have elucidated mechanisms for increases in performance of certain panels. In addition, through numerous secondments among the five partners, fellows received broad cross-disciplinary training bridging mechanical engineering and transportation. The partners have already agreed to continue the collaboration beyond the scope of the project.
Understanding the correlation between structure and function will enable better knowledge-based design of panels in the future. The transportation and construction sectors can begin immediately testing their new design concepts with the predictive design tools now validated by SUPERPANELS project scientists.