About
Consortium
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K.U.Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Belgium |
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ENSC - Laboratoire de Mécanique et de Technologie de CACHAN |
France |
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UCAM - The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge |
UK |
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Astrium ST - EADS Astrium ST |
France |
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ECL - Ecole Centrale de Lyon |
France |
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INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon |
France |
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KTH - Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan |
Sweden |
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LMS - LMS International nv |
Belgium |
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SAPIENZA - Dipartimento Di Meccanica e Aeronautica Universita Degli Studi Di Roma "LA SAPIENZA" |
Italy |
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DAI - Daimler AG |
Germany |
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SOTON-ISVR - University of Southampton |
UK |
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ViF - Virtual Vehicle Competence Centre |
Austria |
Objectives
The general objectives of the project are to:
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draw together academic research teams and industrial beneficiaries from different sectors with diverse multi-disciplinary skills and expertise and with common interests in the field of mid-frequency vibration and acoustic prediction and analysis tools to confront two emerging challenges, i.e. the growing socio-economic as well as environmental impact of noise and vibration and the growing importance of CAE technologies to support modern design processes in a global framework for sustainable development;
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execute an innovative research programme that allows a detailed comparison of different CAE methodologies on their merits, that encourages cross-fertilisation of the ideas behind the various approaches and that will benefit the migration of academically mature prediction methods towards real-life engineering validations through a close cooperation with industry;
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bring together the research groups in order to remove fragmentation of the existing midfrequency research activities at various universities and research institutes and to achieve a critical mass of research effort unparalleled anywhere in the world;
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create a platform for research training and transfer of knowledge activities, both within the network domain and towards the public domain, crossing inter-sector boundaries; this is essential to promote the use of modern CAE modelling methods, to ensure that there is a sufficient number of people trained in the field of mid-frequency vibro-acoustics to meet the challenges ahead, and to ensure the competitiveness of EU industry;
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build up and disseminate mid-frequency knowledge to the larger EU community;
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provide young researchers with the possibility to pursue a doctoral degree through an intensive training-through-research programme as well as a complementary skills training in order to become trainers of the future in a multi-disciplinary field of academic, industrial and societal importance; and as such improving the young researcher’s career perspectives.
