Objective The paper industry is one of the most rapidly changing industries today. Driven by the pressures and demands of Information Technology, its products must meet ever greater demands placed upon it by the customer, involving new paper types and qualities, new requirements for physical properties and behaviour, etc. The problem is that more has to be understood about the complex physical and mechanical properties of paper and its constituents to enable new paper qualities and products to be 'designed'. This project will apply the tool of Acoustic Emission to the material specifications of the paper fibre, its characterisation as well as fibrous networks with the aim of developing new or improved end products. Acoustic Emission is a well-known technique for metals and polymer composites and has shown promise for paper, but has never been systematically investigated or exploited. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesacoustics Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MID-SWEDEN UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address Holmgatan, 10 851 70 SUNDSVALL Sweden See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE NORWEGIAN PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INTSTITUTE Norway EU contribution No data Address Forskningsveien 3 0313 OSLO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Maritime Greenwich Campus, King William Walk SE10 9JH LONDON See on map Total cost No data VALLEN-SYSTEME GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address 26,Schaeftlarner Weg 26 82057 ICKING See on map Total cost No data