Project description DEENESFRITPL Innovative integrated testing methods for passenger aircraft Monitoring damage in passenger aircraft is enhanced by a new philosophy which uses the disturbance to the strain field in the structure caused by the damage to identify significant damage and track its spread. Recently, the CS2 project INSTRUCTIVE demonstrated this method by using infrared technology, showing it to be more capable of identifying small cracks in metallic structures than any other available technique. The EU-funded DIMES project has developed an innovative integrated testing system to detect a crack or delamination in a metallic or composite structure. The project combined these innovative methods with established techniques to demonstrate an integrated testing method on passenger aircraft structures. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The aim of the project is to develop advanced integrated testing methods that have the capability to detect a crack or delamination in a metallic or composite structure and have the potential to be deployed as part of an on-board structural health monitoring system for passenger aircraft. The proposal incorporates a new philosophy for monitoring damage in which the disturbance to the strain field in the structure caused by the damage is used to identify significant damage and to track its propagation. Recently, this approach has been demonstrated to be at least as effective in composite structures as traditional non-destructive evaluation techniques and, in CS2 project INSTRUCTIVE using infrared technology, it has been shown to be capable of identifying smaller cracks in metallic structures than any other available technique. In this project, it is proposed to amalgamate these innovations with more established techniques, such as strain gauges and acoustic emission, and to demonstrate an integrated testing method. The objectives are designed to mature technologies from TRL 4 to 6 that are likely to have a disruptive impact on the structural health monitoring of next generation large passenger aircraft The objectives are: i) to develop a robust and innovative concept for integrating a diverse set of sensors and data acquisition systems for detecting and monitoring damage in an aircraft assembly; ii) to produce an integrated system of sensors and data acquisition systems deployed on a test bench representing an aircraft assembly, and; iii) to conduct prototype demonstration and evaluation tests of the integrated system and test bench using independent systems. The primary outcome will be the demonstration, on a test bench consisting of an aircraft assembly, of an integrated measurement system for ‘on-line’ detecting and monitoring damage based on a diverse range of sensor systems. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorshumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.3.4.5.4. - ITD Airframe Topic(s) JTI-CS2-2017-CfP07-AIR-02-56 - Advanced Integrated Testing Methods development Call for proposal H2020-CS2-CFP07-2017-02 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CS2-IA - Innovation action Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Net EU contribution € 505 936,25 Address BROWNLOW HILL 765 FOUNDATION BUILDING L69 7ZX Liverpool United Kingdom See on map Region North West (England) Merseyside Liverpool Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 505 936,25 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all STRAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 79 765,00 Address DUNSTON ROAD DUNSTON INNOVATION S41 8NG CHESTERFIELD See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire East Derbyshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 113 950,00 EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT Switzerland Net EU contribution € 413 125,00 Address UEBERLANDSTRASSE 129 8600 Dubendorf See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 413 125,00 Dantec Dynamics GmbH Germany Net EU contribution € 201 075,00 Address KAESSBOHRERSTRASSE 18 89077 Ulm See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Baden-Württemberg Tübingen Ulm, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 287 250,00