| From material to sensing passing throw aerodynamic, control, and power analysis | |
| Funding agency: | RDI |
| Project's coordinator: | F. Ghananmeh |
| UIR project's team: | F. Ghananmeh, A. Omar, M. Khalil, F. Ghananmeh, M. Faqir, A. Benabdellah, O. Almatbagi,H. Chouiyakh, A. Abosbaia |
| Budget: | 324000 Dh |
| Duration : | 3 years |
| Abstract: | Mechanical structures and aerodynamics of road vehicles are considered as main elements of the Aerospace, automotive and energetic systems. These structures and aerodynamics play very important roles. The most important role of current mechanical structures is to protect the lives of peoples, goods, and nature. The structures must absorb the shock in case of accidents, which requires the use of mechanical structures adapted to different operating conditions. Besides, the development of electric powered system drives the design for structure lightening; that means mechanical structures are becoming more and more a complex structure that needs to work robustly for many years.The development of such kind of structure requires the development of "intelligent" mechanical structures, capable of giving an artificial sensing of the environment, taking into account: the complexity of the lightening of these structures on one side and the ability to absorb the mechanical energy of the shock by preferential deformation. This can be ensured by the development of a new class of functionalized composite materials for securing and controlling the structures in which they are used.These new adaptive composites (based on natural fiber) will need to be able to detect and respond to their environments in a predictable and controlled manner, integrating different elements, such as sensors, actuators, power sources, signal processing, and a communications network. In addition to supporting mechanical loads, distributed intelligent structures can reduce their vibrations and acoustic noise, measure their operating conditions and environment, and change their shape or mechanical properties accordingly. In other hand, drag reduction of the road vehicle is of paramount importance to improve the environmental and economic impact of the vehicles. This project aims at:
• Developing Structural Health Monitoring system using Lamb waves. • Developing composite material based on a natural fiber. • Studying and analyzing the aerodynamics aeroacoustics behavior of the automotive structures. • Developing smart composite material structures for the automotive industry. • Developing a new technique for road vehicles drag reduction. • Developing an intelligent rotor blade equipped with sensors and various regulations. • Developing a solar car by taking in consideration the structure lightening, the aerodynamic profile and power consuming. |
| Consortium: | Université Internationale de Rabat |
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