Objective
"Ditching analysis is requested for large transport aircraft by EASA. The respective requirements are specified under § ‘’CS 25.801 Ditching’’. They are primarily devoted to a minimisation of risks for immediate injuries and the provision of fair chances for an evacuation. A significant part of average air travel is over water and historically a planned or unplanned water-landing event occurs grossly speaking every 5 years.
This proposal directly addresses areas ""7.1.3.3: Aircraft Safety"" and “7.1.4.1: Aircraft Development Cost”. The primary outcome of the SMAES project will be advanced methodologies and simulation tools to support aircraft development from pre-project phase to certification. These will enhance future innovation in aircraft design through ensuring that innovative designs are compliant with safety requirements
The key developments addressed in the work programme are:
1. Improved models for the calculation of ditching loads including both analytical and detailed fluid dynamics models. Inclusion of the effects of the complex flow physics in ditching is critical to prediction of ditching loads.
2. Reliable and predictive aircraft models for structural behaviour under dynamic fluid loads.
3. Demonstration of the methods on representative future aircraft design concepts.
The consortium brings together aircraft manufacturers, analysis software developers, research organisations and universities. Together the partners form a strong team covering the required expertise in aircraft design, numerical methods and simulation, ditching analysis and supporting experimental methods to achieve the project objectives."
Fields of science
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- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsfluid dynamics
- natural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsnumerical analysis
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software
Call for proposal
FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research projectCoordinator
MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
United Kingdom
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Participants (15)
01069 Dresden
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75008 Paris
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28906 Getafe (Madrid)
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21129 Hamburg
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00195 Roma
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51147 Koln
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00185 Roma
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91120 Palaiseau
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92220 BAGNEUX
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92160 Antony
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NR4 7TJ Norwich
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265 04 Rio Patras
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21073 Hamburg
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81043 Capua
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00128 ROMA
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