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VISION

Immersive interface technologies for life-cycle human-oriented activities in interactive aircraft-related virtual products - VISION

Although Virtual Reality (VR) has demonstrated a significant potential for interactive applications on product and process development, the proven quality of the underlying technologies is still far from satisfying the real-life needs of aerospace industrial practice.

VISION objective is to specify and develop key interface features in fundamental cornerstones of VR technology, namely in immersive visualization and interaction, so as to improve the flexibility, the performance and cost efficiency of human-oriented life cycle procedures, related to critical aircraft-related virtual products (e.g. virtual cabin, virtual assembly etc.).

VISION will follow an upstream research approach, in view of improving the underlying VR technologies, which are considered critical for the human-oriented life-cycle use of the future aircraft-related virtual products.  Human factors and their implications in human-machine interaction within the aircraft-related products will be considered in the definition of the technology specification framework.  The approach of VISION will involve :
a)    specific human-oriented developments on visualization and interaction simulation features, such as real-time rendering, global illumination, marker-less body tracking, smart objects interaction and interaction metaphors
b)    an integration of the features in a common IT platform, which will enable the launch of multi-disciplinary activities around a virtual prototype that ensures human immersion in complete context, 
c)    a validation based on test cases, which will consider the simulation of different aspects of the aircraft lifecycle (e.g. virtual assembly operations, immersive tasks execution in cabin by crew or passengers, etc.).

The achievements of VISION will enhance the credibility of the human-in-the loop aircraft-related VR simulations.  They will further enhance the engineering context of the aircraft-related virtual products by enabling their increased use for activities, such as design verification, ergonomics validation, specifications of equipment displays, operational and situational training. They are also expected to improve the human-oriented functionality and usage of these virtual products along their life-cycle.

The project consortium is coordinated by the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (Director Prof G. Chryssolouris), University of Patras, and includes the following organizations:
  • EADS Deutschland GmbH
  • EADS France Innovation Works
  • Universitat des Saarlandes
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • Vienna University of Technology
More information may be found at the project web-site: http://www.project-vision.eu/

CELPACT

CELPACT is an upstream research project concerned with development of breakthrough technologies and design tools for future airframe structures with high efficiency and safety. It has been prioritised by the European Aeronautical Scientific Network EASN. The consortium from five European countries contains seven leading universities with research institutes and aircraft industry partners. The coordination of CELPACT is assigned to DLR (German National Aerospace Research Center) and dr. Alastair Johnson.

http://easn.net/supported-projects/celpact/

SICOM

Corrosion management concepts utilising the application and integration of corrosion predictive tools for corrosion occurrence and corrosion propagation will be a driver for new technical advances in the field of corrosion maintenance and in development of new structural designs, materials and processes for surface protection. Additional benefits can be expected by reduced time to market for new products.

SICOM will develop a numerical microscale model to simulate localised corrosion of Al-Alloys with regard to microstructure and the micro-electrochemical condition. It will provide corrosion rates of Al-Alloys in the mesoscale of occluded cells by means of numerical calculation as a function of physical and geometrical factors for given macro-environments to simulate crevice corrosion. A numerical model for prediction of galvanic corrosion behaviour will be developed and up-scaled for application to structural elements of aircraft. The influence of surface treatment on modelling results will be included with regard to inhibitor release from protection systems, role of clad layer and oxide degrading effects. A decision support tool will be established to enable exploitation and implementation of the project results in scientific and technical applications.

SICOM will provide models that can become an essential part of future predictive maintenance concepts to avoid unanticipated and unscheduled maintenance with high costs. Data from monitoring systems and non-destructive inspection can be used as model input. Models output will be utilised for the repair decision process or can supply structural integrity concepts and hereby fill the gap between monitoring or inspection and calculation of the structural impact of corrosion. Aircraft development costs will be reduced through saving on testing time and quantity. The prediction models can be combined with expert systems and databases for a more efficient and reliable development and selection of materials.

 

 

The scientific and technological objectives of SICOM are:

 I. Definition of modelling parameters that represent corrosion condition and in-service experience of aircraft

II. Development of a numerical micro-scale model to simulate localised corrosion of Al- Alloys with regard to micro-structure and the micro-electrochemical condition

III. Determine the corrosion rate of Al-Alloys in the meso-scale of occluded cells by means of numerical calculation as a function of physical and geometrical factor for given macro-environment.

IV. Development of a basic numerical model for prediction of galvanic corrosion behaviour and upscale it for application to structural elements of aircraft

V. Analysis and integration of the impact of surface treatment of modelling results with regard to inhibition release effect on corrosion rate, clad layer influence and oxide degrading effects.

VI. Development of a decision tool to link different model of different scales and model validation

 

 Partners

  • EADS Corporate Research Centre Germany
  • Airbus Deutschland GmbH
  • EADS Corporate Research Centre France
  • Computational Mechanics International Limited
  • Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
  • University of Bourgogne
  • University of Erlangen
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • University of Patras
  • Warsaw University of Technology

 

http://www.easn.net/supported-projects/sicom/



CREDO

CREDO - 'Cabin noise Reduction by Experimental and numerical Design Optimization'is a Specific Targeted Research or innovation Project (STREP) within the 6th European Framework Programme, Priority [4] Aeronautics and Space, whose scientific coordinator is the Dept. of Mechanics, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (It).

http://mm.univpm.it/credo
 
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