Project description
Testing advanced materials solutions in the maritime industry
Advanced materials can offer several advantages to the maritime industry. However, a comprehensive exploration of their benefits is necessary. The EU-funded RAMSSES project aims to achieve recognition and a well-defined role for advanced materials in the European maritime industry. This will be accomplished by demonstrating the advantages of new materials in 13 industry-led and market-driven cases throughout the entire process chain. The project will install these demonstrators onshore, simulating real-life conditions, or validate them onboard vessels. RAMSSES will establish dedicated expert teams to evaluate and validate their technical performance, life-cycle cost efficiency and environmental impact. It will also develop a maritime test database and a central knowledge repository that contains test data and best practice procedures.
Objective
The RAMSSES project has the strategic objective to obtain recognition and an established role for advanced materials in the European maritime industry.
To achieve this the project will demonstrate the benefits of new materials in thirteen industry led and market driven demonstrator cases along the entire maritime process chain from components through equipment and ship integration to repair. Those demonstrators will reach a high Technology Readiness Level between TRL 6 and 8 and will either be installed on shore under close to reality conditions or validated on board.
The technical performance as well as life cycle cost efficiency and environmental impact will be assessed and validated by specific expert teams following common procedures and testing standards. The test program will be based on risk assessment and a widest possible use of existing test results and supervised by rule making bodies, such ensuring relevance for a commercial approval beyond the project. Test data as well as best practice procedures on design, qualification and production of new material solutions will be made available in a maritime test database and a central knowledge repository, thus allowing fast qualification and approval of similar maritime applications in future.
RAMSSES also aims to improve the innovation capabilities of the European maritime sector by elaborating terms of reference of a future use of the test database and the knowledge repository beyond the project. In cooperation with other initiatives, it will contribute to the formation of a maritime materials innovation Platform including continuous technology transfer from and to other industry sectors.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
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20459 Hamburg
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28203 Bremen
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75015 Paris
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44340 Bouguenais
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92400 COURBEVOIE
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4381 NK Vlissingen
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26871 Papenburg
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20240 ABO
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18239 Hohen Luckow
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943 33 Ojebyn
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52100 Pula Grad Pula Pola
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13512 Tallinn
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44600 Saint Nazaire
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93872 Nasva
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2497 GB Den Haag
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S41 9QG Chesterfield
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S41 9QG Chesterfield
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941 26 Pitea
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501 15 Boras
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80686 Munchen
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44340 Bouguenais
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2595 DA Den Haag
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29806 Brest Cedex 9
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44321 Nantes Cedex 3
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02150 Espoo
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157 80 ATHINA
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34121 Trieste
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3077 CP Rotterdam
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3077 CP Rotterdam
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Moana
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36208 Vigo
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3011 XB Rotterdam
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45128 Essen
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21079 Hamburg
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18055 Rostock
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4202 MS Gorinchem
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1053 Budapest
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75008 Paris
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36410 Porrino
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RG17 7TJ Lambourn
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52100 Pula
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20459 Hamburg
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