Objective
Reducing noise from aircraft operations perceived by airport neighbouring communities is a major challenge facing the aircraft manufacturing industry, social society and the air transport business. By adopting a whole aircraft approach based on the latest developments in active / adaptive technologies, flow control techniques and advances in computational aero-acoustics applied to the major causes of noise at source, OPENAIR aims to deliver a step change in noise reduction, beyond the SILENCE(R) achievements. The workplan clearly supports realistic exploitation of promising design concepts driven by noise reduction and will result in the development and validation up to TRL 5 of “2nd Generation” technology solutions. OPENAIR’s multidisciplinary approach and composition is suited to the projected integrated, lightweight solutions. The process includes a down-selection in mid project. The selected technologies will be subjected to scaled rig tests, and the resulting data will support assessment of the noise reduction solutions on powerplant and airframe configurations across the current and future European range of products. The project exploitation plan will include detailed proposals for further demonstration in the Clean Sky JTI. The verification of the technologies applicability will be assured by addressing identified integration and environmental tradeoffs (performance, weight, emissions). In this way OPENAIR will develop solutions that can play a significant role, in continuity with the previous Generation 1 effort, enabling future products to meet the ACARE noise goals and improving current fleet noise levels through retrofitting. This capability is key to providing the flexibility needed to simultaneously accommodate market requirements in all segments, global traffic growth and environmental constraints, while addressing the global environmental research agenda of the EU.
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Call for proposal
FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project
Coordinator
75015 Paris
France
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Participants (49)
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600302 Bacau
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48170 Zamudio-vizcaya
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125412 Moscow
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100 44 Stockholm
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78140 Velizy-villacoublay
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64010 Ancarano
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1059 CM Amsterdam
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GU14 0LX Farnborough
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15827 Blankenfelde-mahlow
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33185 Le Haillan
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75794 Paris
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02150 Espoo
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28040 Madrid
00154 Roma
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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31060 Toulouse
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33187 Le Haillan Cedex
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78142 Velizy