The consortium includes the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, the Topic Manager, Safran and the partners – Universita Degli Studi Di Padova, HIT09 SRL, Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola AB, Cranfield University and Aircraft Research Association Limited.
The partners with their area of expertise, work together to meet the challenge set by the Topic Manager.
To find out more of the members of the consortium, click on their logo below.
On 6th of May 2014, the European Council adopted Council Regulation (EU) No. 558/2014 establishing the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (‘CS2JU’) with the objective to contribute to improving the environmental impact of aeronautical technologies and globally competitive aeronautical industry and supply chain in Europe. Clean Sky 2 will build on the achievements and benefits of the Clean Sky Programme by going a step further and addressing integrated technology demonstrations at large system level, including new configurations and new vehicle demonstrations at the integrated vehicle level. (ref: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/guides_for_applicants/jtis/h2020-guide-pse2-cleansky-ju_en.pdf)
SAFRAN is the Topic Manager for the project and provide the requirement and challenge as well as support to the consortium
Universita Degli Studi Di Padova (UNIPD) is one of the major Universities in Italy, which nowadays accounts for approximately 65,000 students and 5,000 staff members, including researchers, professors and administrative staff. The Department of Industrial Engineering (DII) hosts nearly 400 people, the majority of which is constituted by young researchers under the age of 35. DII is a multi-disciplinary organisation; in the northern Italy it is a landmark for teaching and research activities in almost all disciplines of the industrial technology. UNIPD has a distinguished and proven track records in the participation, as well as in the leadership and management, of European projects related to Aeronautics: in FP7, UNIPD has been a partner in Desireh, Hoverspill, ITURB and Dreamtilt projects and has been the coordinator of Tiltop, Codetilt and HeavyCopter. In the SUBLIME project, UNIPD will cover the role of Project Coordinator.
HIT09 SRL provides innovative engineering design solutions and services, with focus in aeronautics/aerospace industry. HIT09 has a staff of researchers with long-term expertise on numerical aircraft aerodynamics, high-speed numerical simulations, unsteady aerodynamics, multi-objective, aerodynamic/performance optimization, computer programming and s/w customization. Special emphasis is on complex flows and aerodynamic optimization of traditional aircraft, unconventional aircraft configurations (like tiltrotors), unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopter configurations. Also, they have previous expertise in analysis of wind tunnel data and validation of CFD models.
The division of fluid dynamics in Department of Mechanics and Maritime Scieneces, Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola AB (Chalmers) belong to the research group of turbomachinery and aero-acoustics, led by Prof. Tomas Grönstedt. The group is working mainly within the area of turbomachinery applications, in particular for aero engine applications. In this research area we focus primarily on 1) system analysis and engine concept evaluation, 2) and detailed flow and acoustics analysis for specific sub-problems such as compressors, turbines, transition ducts, intercoolers, combustors/afterburners and nozzles. The research group has an extensive experience on turbomachinery in contributing to research efforts in European programmes such as: JEAN, CoJeN, HISAC, AIDA, AITEB2, VITAL, NEWAC, DREAM, E-BREAK, LEMCOTEC, TOICA, ENOVAL, IMAGE, ULTIMATE, ENABLE-H2 and CENTRELINE.
Cranfield University (Cranfield) brings knowledge and expertise in the conceptualisation, understanding, modelling and simulation of Propulsion Systems Performance and Integration (PSPI). The backbone of CU knowledge is gained from our extensive research and consultancy activity, with a prime example being the ‘RollsRoyce UTC for Aero Systems Design, Integration & Performance’. Through such industrial partnerships, the Propulsion Engineering Centre has developed capabilities in CFD modelling of installation aerodynamics, which is directly applicable to studies on BLI and therefore the work in SUBLIME. In addition, the Centre has been actively engaged in BLI specific work for over a decade, in areas concerning aerodynamic investigations as well as cycle performance and hybrid electric systems. These activities have been engaged with different academic and industrial partners around the world, and have led to the development of BLI specific assessment tools as well as the knowledge gained through experience.
Aircraft Research Association Limited (ARA Ltd) staff total exceeds 150 workers comprising researchers, designers, manufacturing experts and operations team members, who are all geared towards the successful conduct of aerodynamic investigations. ARA has long term and widespread expertise in the fields of CFD analysis and wind-tunnel testing. ARA is constantly striving to be at the forefront of technology, both in terms of the wind-tunnel techniques used and the processes employed within CFD endeavours. It also has a clear strategy of increasing complementary use of CFD and wind tunnel testing in its business, seeking to maximise the synergy between the two tools in order to deliver high quality aerodynamic data more efficiently, as will be of critical importance in SUBLIME.