Objective MESEMA, a technology oriented research program, builds upon the success of previous EU projects with devotion to accomplish the objectives of the aeronautics priority through designing, producing and testing "innovative transducer systems based on active materials". Four fixed and rotary-wing aircraft companies accompanied by Sees and university research institutes will take part in and benefit from the developments of primarily magneto elastic transducers for high-torque actuation, vibration and noise reduction, electrical energy generation and structural health monitoring. Structural dynamics, energy conversion in active materials and control systems represent the scientific fundamentals of the project. The scientific and technological objectives are the results of a spontaneous evolution of the activities developed during the last six years by the group, which promoted the two successful European research programs named "M.A.D.A.Vi.C." and "M.E.S.A.". The follow-up of these first six years of research activities consisted in proposing for the next future to carry out a more complex project where the base research activities (enlarged to many active material types) still have a fundamental role and the main targets are represented by the design and development of five systems aimed at: reducing internal noise in helicopters and turbofan aircraft; examining the health status of aircraft structural components by measuring their dynamic structural responses; replacing the helicopter rotor blade pitch angle actuation systems with an innovative one based on active material members and a reduced number of components; transforming mechanical energy related to vibration fields within aircraft into electrical energy thanks to the inverse magnetostriction effect. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftrotorcraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion Programme(s) FP6-AEROSPACE - Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) AERO-1 - Aeronautics Call for proposal FP6-2002-AERO-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II- DEPARTIMENTO DI PROGETTAZIONE AERONAUTICA EU contribution No data Address Corso Umberto 1 NAPOLI Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND PROJECT OFFICE GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Science Park Saar, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 69 SAARBRUECKEN See on map Total cost No data ZF LUFTFAHRTTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Flugplatzstrasse CALDEN See on map Total cost No data TACT SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING LTD. Ireland EU contribution No data Address BALLINVANA 0 KILMALLOCK, LIMERICK See on map Total cost No data CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES SA France EU contribution No data Address Chemin du Pre-Carre 10 Zirst MEYLAN See on map Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution No data Address VALHALLAVAEGEN 79 STOCKHOLM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS Greece EU contribution No data Address UNIVERSITY CAMPUS - PANEPISTIMIOUPOLIS - RIO PATRAS See on map Total cost No data MECEL AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Foerraedgatan, 5 AMAL See on map Total cost No data FEONIC PLC United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Unit 3F, Newlands Science Park, Inglemire Lane HULL See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address The Crescent 43 SALFORD,MANCHESTER See on map Total cost No data
