Objective Today, advanced composites use either layers of plies impregnated with resin (pre-pregs) to form a laminate, or Liquid Composites Moulding (e.g. RTM) of dry textiles. Prepreg composites give superior mechanical properties due to toughened resins and high fibre content, but suffer from high material costs, limited shapeability, complex, expensive and time consuming manufacturing, and limited materials shelf life. Infusion technologies can overcome these limitations, but are not fully industrialised and rely on costly prototype testing due to the lack of simulation tools. Current infusion simulation technologies are approximate and really only suited to small scale components based on adaptations of Resin Transfer Moulding simulation; they are not accurate for large, thick and complex aerospace composites, where one sided tooling and vacuum membranes cause complex 3D heat/flow processes. The INFUCOMP project will develop the full simulation chain from preform design to manufacture (infusion), process/part optimisation and final part defects/mechanical performance prediction with a focus on the infusion step. The project covers all popular Liquid Resin Infusion (LRI) methods currently used in the Aerospace industry. Although focus is on aerospace applications, the work will be very relevant to other industries. The proposed technologies will allow economical manufacture of high performance, integrated, large scale composite structures; thus, positively contributing to their increased use. Benefits include lower cost, improved performance, greater payloads and fuel/emissions reductions. A team of two aircraft manufacturers, two tier one suppliers, a material manufacturer, university and industry researchers, and commercial software specialists; all with a recognised track record in this field have been selected from eight different CEC countries; one partner is an SME. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) AAT.2008.1.1.2. - Aerostructures AAT.2008.4.1.5. - Production Call for proposal FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator ENGINEERING SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL GMBH EU contribution € 301 500,00 Address SIEMENSSTRASSE 12 63263 NEU-ISENBURG Germany See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Offenbach, Landkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anthony Pickett (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS France EU contribution € 415 578,00 Address BOULEVARD SAINT MICHEL 60 75272 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jean-Luc Roche (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 214 710,00 Address College Road MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alex Skordos (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DAHER AEROSPACE SAS France EU contribution € 224 415,00 Address Route de Tours 23 41400 SAINT JULIEN DE CHEDON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Hugon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ESI GROUP - INTERNATIONAL PSI France EU contribution € 233 169,00 Address 10 AVENUE ARISTIDE BRIAND 92220 BAGNEUX See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Yazid Hammoumraoui (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HEXEL REINFORCEMENTS SAS France EU contribution € 233 083,00 Address ZI LA PLAINE BP 01121 Dagneux Montluel See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Ain Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Patrick Henrat (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution € 332 640,00 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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