Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

European Initiatives

FP7 Projects

FFAST

• Title: FUTURE FAST AEROELASTIC SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Type: COOPERATION (TRANSPORTS)

• Instrument: Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP)

• Duration: January 2010 - December 2012

• Coordinator: University of Bristol (Saint Pierre And Miquelon)

• Other partners: University of Bristol, irias, TU Delft, Politecnico di Milano, Numeca, EADS, DLR, Airbus, University of Cap Town, csir, Optimad.

• See also: http://www.bris.ac.uk/aerodynamics-research/ffast/

• Abstract: The FFAST project aims to develop, implement and assess simulation technologies to accelerate future aircraft design. These technologies will demonstrate a step change in the efficiency and accuracy of the dynamic aeroelastic "loads process" using unique critical load identification methods and reduced order modeling. The outcome from the project will contribute to the industrial need to reduce the number of dynamic loads cases analyzed, whilst increasing the accuracy and reducing the cost/time for each unsteady aeroelastic analysis performed compared to the current approach. Unsteady loads calculations play an important part across much of the design and development of an aircraft, and have an impact upon the concept and detailed structural design, aerodynamic characteristics, weight.