Aerodynamic validation of emission reducing

Project Information

AVERT

Grant agreement ID: 30914

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2007

End date 30 June 2010

Funded under

• Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 6 749 869,00

EU contribution € 3 899 932,00

Coordinated by

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
United Kingdom

Objective

AVERT will deliver upstream aerodynamics research that will enable breakthrough technology deployment and innovative aircraft configuration development and a step change in aircraft performance. The project will contribute to the need to improve the environmental impact of aircraft emissions and the drive to strengthen the competitiveness of European manufacturing industry The major objective of AVERT is the development and industrialisation of novel active flow control technologies for a realistic configuration to significantly reduce airframe drag and thus engine CO2 emissions. This research responds to a target set in the ACARE 2020 review for a substantial increase in aircraft cruise L/D by realising the full potential of new configurations such as the "Pro Green" aircraft. Active flow control technology can attack the two main sources of aircraft drag (profile and vortex drag) directly, by reducing skin friction drag, and indirectly by unlocking traditional configuration constraints on aircraft design and alter the focus of many design rules. It is predicted that the combined drag reduction could be up to 10% and an equivalent reduction in emissions. The achievement of the objective will give the aircraft makers within AVERT confidence that emerging flow control technologies can be industrialised to the point of practical and beneficial application to an aircraft operating in a commercial environment. The objectives will be achieved through the evaluation of selected types of device and control system, the assessment of these technologies against two baseline aircraft configurations and the validation of the most promising technologies through large scale wind tunnel testing at appropriate flight conditions. The project consortium consists of 16 organisations from 8 different countries whose researchers have significant experience in the areas of aircraft design, flow control technology, MEMS devices and wind tunnel testing.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aeronautical engineering

Programme(s)

• FP6-AEROSPACE - Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• AERO-1.1 - Strengthening competitiveness

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-AERO-1
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: NEW FILTON HOUSE ; BRISTOL ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (14)

AIRBUS OPERATIONS S. L.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Av. John Lennon, S/N ; GETAFE - MADRID
• Total cost: No data

EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH CORPORATE RESEARCH CENTER GERMANY

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Willy-Messerschmitt-Straße ; MUNICH
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Linder Hoehe ; KOELN
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH "ELIE CARAFOLI"

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Iuliu Maniu 220 ; 76-179 BUCHAREST
• Total cost: No data

OFFICE NATIONAL D?ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 29, Avenue de la Division Leclerc ; CHÂTILLON
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PARAGON S.A.

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 19, Protopapadaki Str, Galatsi ; ATHENS
• Total cost: No data

VYZKUMNY A ZKUSEBNI LETECKY USTAV, A.S.

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Beranových 130 ; PRAGUE - LETNANY
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TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Straße des 17. Juni 135 ; BERLIN
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3 rue Michel Ange ; PARIS
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ramiro de Maeztu 7 ; MADRID
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Oxford Road ; MANCHESTER
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Park ; NOTTINGHAM
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ALENIA AERONAUTICA S.P.A

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viale dell'Aeronautica snc ; POMIGLIANO D'ARCO (NA)
• Total cost: No data

DASSAULT AVIATION

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 9 Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées - Marcel Dassault ; PARIS
• Total cost: No data