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Towards a predictive modelling of the damping of bio-based composites
The objective of this project is to model the damping properties of a ply (flax fiber/matrix) to predict the damping of biosourced composite structures. This will increase their use in industry, particularly in marine engineering. Due to the natural character of fibers, it is assumed that temperatur
Decision system for smart management of resources in warehouses
Designing an efficient, reactive warehouse able to respond to demand variations is a significant challenge to address. A fully automated warehouse cannot be considered as a solution. Indeed, the investments required to satisfy appropriately demand peaks are too large to be considered. A more suitabl
Measurement and optimization of lattice materials
Lattice materials with periodic structures are excellent candidates for lightweight and strong structures [Fleck, 2010]. Their development is accelerating with the arrival of additive manufacturing (3D printing...). However, a few locks still hinder their industrial use: - their manufacturing cost
Adaptive Quality Control in Tolerancing and Production Strategies for the Economic Production of High Precision Products
Motivation: Key functions of complex products often can only be realized by precision component use. Thus, producers are confronted with high quality requirements, cost pressure and a rising number of product variants. Especially, micro components, which often have tolerances of less than 5 µm, are
Predicting Inner Wood Defects from Outer Bark Features
WoodSeer is a project aiming the development of automated means for characterizing wood supply in the upstream part of the forest-wood chain in the context of inventory, log trade and first processing, by providing detailed information on the nature, location and dimensions of internal defects in an
The HUman Supply cHain behind smart technologies
The HUSH project investigates the human factors in the production of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. We look at “micro-workers”—online platform workers who execute essential albeit marginalized data-related micro-tasks which require limited skills, attract low remunerations, and are often pa
Level of Automation Decision for Transportation Operations in Production
This project is proposed in the context of the Industry 4.0. It more directly concerns the introduction of new technologies from robotics and information & communication science in the workshops for internal logistics operations. For next generation production systems, mastering the internal logisti
Optimization framework for desirable and sustainable complex systems
The objective of this research is to develop a new ecodesign approach for complex systems allowing through a wide exploration in the upstream phases of a design project to identify optimal solutions on all the environmental impact categories taking into account dynamics and spatialization aspects. 2
Tolerance Analysis by Adaptative Polyhedra
At the part level, integration of the representative geometric details of the production processes, • At the mechanism level, integration of a contact architecture coupled with a behavior representative of the functioning of a mechanical system. At the part scale, the integration of shape defects d
Prediction,reduction and study of damages impacting 3D weaving
The main objective of this project consists in finding main product and process parameters and evaluating their influence on damages generation and therefore mechanical performances loss impacting woven preforms and corresponding composites. Based on these analyses and for a given configuration, da
Modeling, Design and Control of Miniaturized Soft Robots
The main scientific barriers that MiniSoRo aims to lift are related to the current robots’ structures, models and technologies that are not able to combine dexterity, precision, and compactness into the same robotic system to properly operate inside confined spaces. Indeed, the current state of the
Automation and supervision of intensified processes
The ASPI project is mainly motivated by the development of an added value system engineering concerning the control problem of intensified chemical processes. These issues range from the control system design to its supervision with a particular emphasis on those fundamental functions regarding the
Smart machining for controlling part deflection
This project focuses on large aluminum part machining for nuclear and aerospace sectors. To meet the functional requirements, the raw parts are produced with processes which generate residual stress. The reorganization of these stresses after a removal of material induces a deformation of the part d
Additive Manufacturing Process Industrialisation
In a context where additive manufacturing is still too slow and too expensive, the objective of this project is to conduct research work to formalize the process of additive manufacturing to optimize the industrialization . It is part of the desire to remove the locks on industrialization strategy,