BRITE/EURAM programme

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Synopses of current projects: 1990-1991
Industrial research and development

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SECOND EDITION BRITE/EURAM
Programme
Synopses of Current Projects 1990-1991
including those running under BRITE and EURAM >'
BRITE
EURAM
PROGRAMME
SY N O PS ES OF
CURRENT PROJECTS
1990 - 1991
INCLUDING PROJECTS RUNNING
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 1991
ISBN 92-826-3350-0 Catalogue number: CD-NA-14042-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels • Luxembourg, 1991
Compiled, designed and produced by POPLAR, Brussels
Printed in Belgium Preface
This publication is an update of the previous "Project Synopses" book and
includes all the projects selected after the two rounds of BRITE/EURAM in
1989 and 1990. Each page contains the basic information about a research
project, consisting of a summary of the objectives and achievements to date,
the contact address of the main contractor and a list of the other major
participants (contractors, subcontractors or sponsors), together with the
duration and starting date. In addition, projects supported under the
previous BRITE and EURAM programmes are included, apart from any
which finished before January 1991
New features of this book are the inclusion of an index of participants and a
keywords index. I hope this will make the book more generally useful and
encourage contacts to be established.
Activities under BRITE/EURAM now represent a total financial investment of
approximately 1.3 billion ECU, of which roughly 50% is being provided by
the Community. This is a substantial effort, and must be related to
complementary activities in materials and manufacturing research being
carried out through national programmes and other schemes. BRITE/EURAM
does not have a monopoly of research in these disciplines, but it does
provide a special context for transnational, interinstitutional (companies,
universities and research centres) and multidisciplinary teams to combine
forces and undertake industrially relevant projects together. Current
statistics show that approximately 56% of BRITE/EURAM participants come
from industry 0/3 of these are SMEs), 27% are universities and 17% are
research centres
Information and progress on all the 374 research projects selected under
BRITE/EURAM have been updated for this edition. Many of the very new
projects, with "4000" series project reference numbers, have only just started
or are still under negotiation. The total number of projects outlined in this
book is well over 500.
Projects summarised represent roughly one quarter of the total number
submitted under various calls. They are therefore of good quality, but it is
always a disappointment to me that we have been unable to fund all the
good projects we have received due to limited programme budgets.
Opportunities for research under BRITE/EURAM are now over. However,
with the cunent implementation of the Third Framework Programme, I am
confident that the forthcoming Industrial and Materials Technologies
Programme - "BRITE-EURAM II" will provide an even greater occasion for the
BRITE/EURAM initiative to develop and expand into an increasing number of
industry sectors across the Community.
GARCIA ARR(
Director, Technolog ;al Research vli
Table of contents
How to use this book IX
Index of projects by area xi
Index of projects by proposal number xli
Index of proposal numbers lxix
Index of contracts lxxv
Index of keywords lxxxi
Index of participants lxxxvii
Area 1 Advanced materials technologies 1
2 1.1 Metallic materials and metallic matrix composites
2 1.1.1 Light alloys
1.1.2 Metal matrix composites 7
1.1.3 Other metallic alloys 15
1.1.4 Processing routes 22
1.2 Materials for magnetic, optical, electrical and
superconducting applications 34
1.2.1 Magnetic materials 34
1.2.2 Opticals 51
1.2.3 Electrical materials 62
1.2.4 Superconductivity 84
1.3 High temperature non-metallic materials 92
1.3.1 Ceramics 92
1.3.2 Ceramic composites 104
1.3.3 Thermal barrier coatings 117
1.4. Polymers and organic matrix composites 122
1.4.1 Polymers 122
1.4.2 Polymer matrix composites 133
1.4.3 Processing routes 150
1.4.4. Environmentally friendly polymers 167 viii Contents
1.5. Materials for specialised applications 174
1.5.1 Biomedical 17
1.5.2 Packaging materials 189
Area 2 Design methodology and assurance
tor products and processes 191
2.1. Quality, reliability and maintainability in industry 192
2.1.1 Design for reliability
2.1.2 Damage tolerance/prediction of behaviour 208
2.1.3. Maintenance 223
2.1.4 Mathematical modelling in flow systems 24
2.2 Process and product assurance 249
2.2.1 Sensors
2.2.2 Non-destructive evaluation 254
2.2.3 Optical methods 27
Area 3 Application of manufacturing technologies 295
3.1 Advancing manufacturing practices6
3.1.1 Advancingg practices
3.1.2 Civil engineering 319
3.2 Manufacturing processes for flexible materials 345
3.2.1 Clothing 34
3.2.2 Flexible materials and leather 367
3.2.3 Others 375
Area 4 Technologies for manufacturing processes 38
4.1 Surface techniques 386
4.1.1 Surface techniques
4.1.2 Coating and tribology 407
4.2. Shaping, assembly and joining 42
4.2.1 Near net shape and casting processes
4.2.2 Design methodologies for forming operations 435
4.2.3 Cutting and machining 44
4.2.4 Joining 46
4.3. Chemical processes 498
4.3.1 Catalysis
4.3.2 Membranes 509
4.4 Particle and powder processes 517
4.4.1 Particle processes