Objective
Thermal behaviour of aircraft has recently become a crucial subject due to many factors: increasing number of complex systems required by modern, more electric, commercial aircraft, the introduction of hotter engines with higher by-pass ratios, the increased use of composite material in aircraft structures, or the confinement of highly dissipative equipment and systems in smaller areas to earn space for passengers and cargo. New advanced techniques to manage the aircraft thermal behaviour at the very early stages of development are essential to take the right configuration decisions while meeting market demands. To work efficiently and on emerging innovative solutions, it is essential to perform thermal management at the global aircraft level. Today, thermal studies are performed for sizing and risk analyses.
The TOICA project intends to radically change the way thermal studies are performed within aircraft design processes. It will create and manage a thermal aircraft architecture which today does not exist. This will be shared in the extended enterprise with design partners through a collaborative environment supporting new advanced capabilities developed by the project, namely the architect cockpit, which will allow the architects and experts to monitor the thermal assessment of an aircraft and to perform trade-off studies. Super integration will support a holistic view of the aircraft and allow traditional design views and the related simulation cascade to be challenged. Six use cases illustrating new thermal strategies will demonstrate the benefits of the TOICA approach on realistic aircraft configurations. Plateaus will be organised with architects for the definition, selection and evaluation of thermally optimised aircraft configurations. These plateaus will drumbeat the project. In parallel, technology readiness evaluations will assess the maturity of the developed technologies and support the deployment and exploitation of the TOICA results.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft
Call for proposal
FP7-AAT-2013-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
31060 Toulouse
France
Participants (33)
Participation ended
42300 Roanne
21129 Hamburg
BS34 7PA Bristol
Participation ended
00195 Roma
75013 Paris
38420 Domene
6041 Gosselies
41296 Goeteborg
MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
75008 Paris
78140 Velizy Villacoublay
51147 Koln
31400 Toulouse
13700 Marignane
31700 Blagnac
11121 Stockholm
46181 Trollhaettan
78370 Plaisir
31200 Toulouse
92320 Chatillon
H3Z 1T3 Montreal Westmount
81829 Munchen
91120 Palaiseau
4031 Angleur
GU16 8QD Camberley
75015 Paris
1059CM Amsterdam
33700 Merignac
CB2 1TN Cambridge
BT7 1NN Belfast
35122 Padova
21079 Hamburg
00195 Roma