Objective The program will use y-Titanium Aluminides to increase thrust to weight ratios and improve fuel efficiencies of gas turbine aero-engines so as to achieve competitive life cycle costs coupled with minimised emissions. Society will benefit by improved environment, reduced cost of flights to enhance European integration, increased employment levels and prosperity from improved competitiveness, and maximised manufacturing commonality. The innovation is to replace heavy sheet nickel alloy components with a high temperature capability (800°C) material that is non-burning, has half the density, and has competitive specific strength and stiffness. The project will deliver design-and-make capability for the range of structural sheet components stretching from the engine combustor to the exhaust sections. Exploitation will be through material application to aero-engines followed by cross fertilisation of the technology to non-aerospace sectors notably via strong automotive links. The exploitation will be underpinned by the partners' versatile production facilities that will guarantee material stock for the supply chain. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-4. - Key Action New Perspectives in Aeronautics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ROLLS ROYCE PLC EU contribution No data Address Elton Road DE24 8BJ DERBY United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INDUSTRIA DE TURBO PROPULSORES SA Spain EU contribution No data Address 300,Parque Technologico 300 48170 ZAMUDIO See on map Total cost No data OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES France EU contribution No data Address 29,Avenue de la Division Leclerc 29 92322 CHATILLON See on map Total cost No data PLANSEE AG Austria EU contribution No data Address 6600 REUTTE See on map Total cost No data QINETIQ LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 85 BUCKINGHAM GATE LONDON See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN Germany EU contribution No data Address Paul Bonatz Strasse 9-11 57068 SIEGEN See on map Total cost No data VOLVO AERO CORPORATION AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address TROLLHAETTAN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
