Objective PLASMAERO seeks to demonstrate how surface & spark discharge plasma actuators could be used to control aircraft aerodynamic flow. This will be achieved through an enhanced understanding of their physical characteristics and an in-depth study of how they may be optimised to influence the air flow properties. The project will run for 36 months and will show the advantages and notably the ease of implementation that these innovative devices have over other potential active actuators. The project objectives are: Understand, model and classify, through experimental and numerical studies, the most relevant physical characteristics of surface and jet plasma actuators capable of influencing airflow; Perform comparative experimental tests & numerical studies of different actuator configurations to select the most promising for further development; Demonstrate through wind tunnel experimentations the ability of plasma devices to significantly influence the aerodynamics in terms of lift, lift/drag and high lift noise in representative aeronautical airflow conditions (take-off, cruise and landing). Demonstrate the easy-of-use and installation of these actuators in a reduced size flight platform. Provide exhaustive recommendations on future work to be performed to achieve the implementation of this technology base on next generation aircraft programmes. The work will be concentrated on the factors influencing lift and notably through the reduction of separation, of tip vortex and through delayed transition for take-off and landing and influencing lift/drag through controlling the shock/boundary layer interaction induced turbulent separation for cruise conditions. The results of this work will demonstrate to the aircraft industry the advantages of this technology both in terms of ease of use and integration possibilities on the airplane. This proposal for a Level 1 project is submitted by 12 partners in the Call FP7-RTD-2008. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) AAT.2008.1.1.1. - Flight Physics AAT.2008.6.1.1. - Lift 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 OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES Address Chemin de la huniere 91120 Palaiseau France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Brigitte Giacomi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 1 058 384,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARTTIC France EU contribution € 165 140,00 Address 39 rue des mathurins 75008 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eric Papon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window C.I.R.A. CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA Italy EU contribution € 299 840,00 Address Via maiorise 81043 Capua See on map Region Sud Campania Caserta Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Antonio Formisano (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 805 245,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Patrice Soullie (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 384 177,00 Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Peter Ott (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES France EU contribution € 20 875,00 Address Bvd du general martial valin 2 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Patrick Houel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM Netherlands EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address Anthony fokkerweg 2 1059 CM Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact P. Van Der Veen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT Germany EU contribution € 253 500,00 Address Karolinenplatz 5 64289 Darmstadt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Cameron Tropea (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTYTUT MASZYN PRZEPLYWOWYCH IM ROBERTA SZEWALSKIEGO POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK - IMP PAN Poland EU contribution € 139 999,00 Address Ul. fiszera 14 80-231 Gdansk See on map Region Makroregion północny Pomorskie Trójmiejski Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Krystyna Kordus (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom EU contribution € 248 250,00 Address University park NG7 2RD Nottingham See on map Region East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paul Cartledge (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 290 000,00 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sandra Rees (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
