Objective All transportation systems, including aircraft, suffer from fatigue failures. To ensure that components and systems reach their target life times durability testing is carried out. The generation of very high forcing levels required, at both low and high frequencies currently requires complex and expensive equipment. The choices open to a company needing to test is between; electromagnetic shakers and servo hydraulic actuators. In both cases the costs involved are high and more importantly the performances are always compromised.The impact on the environment through the use of these systems is typically high as they invariably use large electronic amplifiers or hydraulic plant that consumes 100's of kW of power. The HATS system will use the SMART material TERFENOL-D to produce a composite actuator. The actuator will comprise a low frequency hydraulic ram and high frequency Magnetstrictive force actuator aligned in series. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal SME1999/1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator BAY SYSTEMS LTD EU contribution No data Address Main Road, Crysnal House - Westhay GLASTONBURY United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TESIS SOFTWARE B.V.B.A. Belgium EU contribution No data Address Ambachtenlaan 54 HEVERLEE See on map Total cost No data