Obiettivo Objectives and content Both petrochemical and polymer-processing companies have a great need for quantitative design tools. While offering a wide range of capabilities, current design tools are unable to take into account the effect of molecular architecture of the polymeric fluid on its processability and performance. As a consequence, the design of polymer processing equipment and product quality optimization demand on-line trial and error, time-consuming procedures. In this project, a novel design approach (design tool) for polymer fluid processing will be developed that will allow prediction of: - theological behaviour of polymeric fluids based on their molecular architecture - the resulting microstructure of finished products and its effect on macroscopic properties such as mechanical properties, transport properties, interfacial properties, etc. This project will incorporate state-of-the-art finite-element techniques coupled - to stochastic methods and - to traditional constitutive equations for the calculation of stresses and for the description of the polymeric fluid. The link to the molecular architecture of the polymer will be established via atomistic simulations. In order to be able to deal with problems of industrial relevance, a major effort will be put in the development of efficient numerical techniques and in the implementation on modern computer architectures (massively parallel and vector-parallel). The new design tools will be validated for state-of-the-art polyolefins and for sedimentation in viscoelastic fluids. The consortium comprises the research departments of two large petrochemical companies with a strong involvement in the polyolefin market (Dow, REPSOL), the research department of a company in oil exploration and production (Shell) and one SME (Argo) with first-rate industrial facilities. The university partners bring multidisciplinary and complementary skills on non-Newtonian flow calculations (U.C. Louvain-la-Neuve, T.U. Delft), on stochastic methods and kinetic theory (ETH Zürich, T.U. Delft), on micro/macro methods (ETSII Madrid) and on atomistic modelling (ICE/HT -FORTH Patras). Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologysedimentologynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Programma(i) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 0203 - Reliability and quality of materials and products Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 2,c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2 28006 MADRID Spagna Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (8) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Argo Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 1st km. Koropi-Varis 19400 Koropi Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato DOW Benelux NV Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 5,Herbert Dowweg 4530 AA Terneuzen Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Stadiou 18, Platani 26500 Patras Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Repsol Petróleo SA Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 183,Embajadores 28045 Madrid Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZUERICH Svizzera Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 6,Universitaetstrasse 6 8092 ZURICH Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Shell Research BV Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 8,Volmerlaan 2288 GD Rijswijk Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Technische Universiteit Delft Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 2,Mekelweg 2 2628 CD DELFT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Université Catholique de Louvain Belgio Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 4-6,Avenue G. Lemaître 4-6 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato
