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Materials for Liquid-Liquid Extraction – MATEX
In this context, the economy and the recycling of the «critical« materials (rare metals in particular, but also other metals for the electronics, for the alloys with high performances, the uranium for the nuclear energy) represents a major and strategic stake. Too early. The project started on 01/
Industrial development of an innovative storage and preservation of wood by controlling the temperature and humidity. – COOLWOOD
The research project "CoolWood" aims to develop an innovative conservation of wood material for optimum support of its quality during storage and thus enabling new modes of organization in the forest / wood industry. The quality of raw and processed wood is constantly challenged by attacks of bio
Experimental analysis and modelling of Composite Structures under Complex Loading – VERTEX
Many scientific challenges accompany or anticipate the development of composite structures in particular in the field of aeronautics. These include the prediction of damage under impact, crashworthiness, structural details under static and cyclic loadings. To date, the models developed by the scient
Forming by plastic deformation of ultra small thickness metal components – XXS Forming V2
The main objective of the project is to develop the whole chain of knowledge and tools to virtualize processes of micro-forming of ultra thin sheets of metals for their optimization, leading to an increase in the economic value added to the product. Concernant les applications du projet, notamment l
Eutectic ceramic for novel optimised yield turbine blade – CiNATRA
The project aims at designing new gas turbine blades for ultra-high temperature uses and at developing an industrial process for their manufacture. In a general context of energy saving, an improvement in gas turbine efficiency (aeronautical or terrestrial) will need a significant increase in the
Alternative Sustainable Zirconia Technology (for glass melting) – ASZTech
The high quality level required by the new applications of glass (flat LCD, PDP screens,…), combined with the increase of the lifetime of glass furnaces implies the development of new high zirconia fused-cast refractories that are necessary for their production. One issue consists in developing new
Modelling of the behaviour of superconducting cables at different scales for the optimization of their electrical performances – COCASCOPE
1. Improve electrical and mechanical properties of superconducting cables The dependency of electrical performances of superconducting strands on bending and tensile loadings remains to be investigated 2. Characterization and identification of the mechanical behaviour of strands under cycling
Titanium and Its Alloys under Irradiation – TESAMI
This project proposes, before moving on to specific industrial applications (and components / assemblies where the future), to scientifically assess with experiences for the development and validation of models, the qualities and risk of damage to titanium and titanium alloys placed in irradiated ar
Natural Fibres Optimized Decohesion using Extrusion – DEFIBREX
The Defibrex projects assumes its objective with methodology, which is based on the analysis of natural fibers breakage under mechanical constraints. This analysis should lead in defining behavioral model capable of covering a wide range of natural fibers, variants, pre-treatment and mechanical con
Study of the behaviour of colonies of Environmentally Assisted short Cracks – ECCOFIC
The final objective of the project is to develop a more realistic than today methodology for the evaluation of lifetime of components sensitive to Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), in order to apply it for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) management. Currently, lifetime of an industrial component p
Nanostructuring of materials for the next generation of Erbium and Erbium/Ytterbium-Doped Optical Fibers Amplifiers – NANOFIBER
Over the last twenty years, rare-earth doped optical fibers have become key elements of high volume markets like telecommunication or high power laser. Whereas these optical components are now widely used, the interest in developing new applications for active optical fibers is now put to the front,
Innovations in the design and scale-up of latex-based coatings technologies – SCALE-UP
The creation of new products and the ability to take them to market quickly and efficiently implies the ability to scale-up production; be it a scale-up from the bench top in an R&D lab, or an expansion of current production with larger or more intensified unit operations. Typically, this is still
GaN Nanowire Light Emitting Diodes on Metallic Substrates – MetalliGaN
Since general lighting represents about 20% of the electricity consumption worldwide, it is essential to promote energy efficient lighting systems. The wide spread use of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for Solid State Lighting applications represents the best solution for this urgent environmental and
Innovative assemblies for energy and extreme environments – ASSISTENSE
The evolution of techniques and processes in many industries, particularly in the nuclear sector led to the fact that the materials may be required to work under more severe conditions. Thus, specific developments in nuclear applications in particular, including degraded or accidental modes, can lea
Understanding and analysis of volumic instabilities of extrusion in nanocompounds of silica and elastomers – ACTIVEE
The French Factory of Pneumatics Michelin is one of the world leaders of the tire. But this business sector is strongly competitive, because new actors stemming from emerging countries appear and win consequent market shares on the historic leaders. While in 2000 the Chinese manufacturers represente
Optimization criteria of titanium alloys to improve their machinability – TITUS
The large use of composites material impacted the assembly operations, including drilling, which previously consisted mainly of drilling aluminium alloys between them. Nowadays, the most common cases in last aircraft generation are the assembly of hybrid stacks, mainly composite/metal. The cost of d
INfluence of casting Defects in the low cycle thermomechanical fatigue damage of lost foam casting AlumiNum Alloys – INDiANA
The main objective of INDiANA project is a fine understanding of the thermomechanical fatigue process of such alloys in order to improve fatigue criteria through a multiscale modeling approach and, consequently, the target reliability of the engine components. This requires 3D metallurgical investig
Vacuum packaging processes integrating low temperature getter thin films – PRESTIGE
Single Crystal quartz is still currently the essential material for the development of high performance inertial MEMS sensors and time references, because of its piezoelectric properties and its good performance temperature stability. ONERA and RAKON, major actors in their respective domains, develo
Vulnerability of Composite Materials - Phase 2 – VulComp2
Within the context of composite fuselage development of 2nd generation, the structural parts made of composite materials are very competitive (as well in other industries) due to their high specific strength. For the environment, the mass gain is in line with the reduction of pollutant emissions (no
HYbrid ComPOsites POlymer NanoTAlc for FlAMe Retardancy – Hypopotaam
The high fire hazards posed by polymeric materials both in historical times and to the present days are a consequence of their organic composition. In order to improve their flame retardant (FR) properties, flame retardant, and in particular mineral fillers, may be added to the polymeric matrix. Amo