Objective There is a demand from the railway industry and other transportation sectors for lightweight yet impact absorbent materials to replace metals. This project is needed to provide the enabling technologies to produce safe hybrid composite sandwich panels, modular sections, bodyshells, containers, vessels, and transportation structures with crash worthiness and a predictable failure mechanism. The project will also produce a standard procedure for full size property prediction using scale models. The hybrid composite materials structural system to be developed will have the following advantages over current composite systems: - failure of the composite structure will occur at a predetermined force level - the failure force level can be tailored to the application - the composite system will have a ductile type failure mode absorbing high energy levels in a predictable rnanner - the system will utilise little or no materials of high cost - the reliability and predictability of the system will facilitate the computer modelling of the system for other applications The project will have two distinctive final results a prototype demonstrator of the crash worthy composite system and a standard procedure for full size property prediction using scale models. Claimed innovative aspects of this proposal include: - an energy absorbing structural system applicable to a wide range of composite materials - a standard procedure for determining the properties of a structure without the need for expensive full size testing - a predictive tool for designing energy absorbing structures which utilise the new rnaterials system. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0302 - Transports Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Address The university of sheffield 217 portobello S1 4DP Sheffield United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 49,pontstrasse 49 52056 Aachen See on map Anthony Patrick & Murta Exportacao Lda Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address 120,estrada nacional 120 8603 Lagos See on map Cetma Consortium Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cittadella della ricerca 72023 Brindisi See on map Costamasnaga SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale iv novembre 2 22041 Costamasnaga See on map D'APPOLONIA SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via san nazaro 19 Genova See on map Links Website Opens in new window Flexadux Plastics Limited United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Grange road DN21 1QB Gainsborough See on map Irizar S.coop. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address N 6,barrio san andres n 6 20213 Ormaiztegui See on map NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 42,28th october avenue 42 10682 Athens See on map Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Loc. pentima bassa 05100 Terni See on map
