NEUMANN - Novel Energy and propUlsion systeMs for Air dominance
Obiettivo
NEUMANN is a pan-European collaborative project involving major players of the EDITB, including key industry, mid-cap, SME and research organization, to address the urgent need for strategic autonomy for the development of building blocks needed for competitive novel propulsion and energy systems for future air dominance. The project studies will address propulsion and energy systems technologies required for an highly efficient powerplant, able to deliver at the same time increased electrical power generation and increased thrust-to-weight ratio, that are not available today in Europe but will be necessary to cope with the mission requirements and operational needs of the next generation of fighter aircraft.
The goal of the NEUMANN project is to develop technologies and perform collaborative system studies for novel energy aircraft domains, with focus on propulsion, and electrical and thermal systems and management, to achieve in 4-year period a proof of system integration functionalities and increased confidence in enabling technology readiness at both subsystems and system level up to TRL 4. Ground demonstrators will be used to assess technology integration and their validation.
The project is organised in 9 work packages and coordinated by Avio Aero. Besides the broad industry presence, it is of utmost importance that LEONARDO and SAAB as aircraft manufacturers are part of the NEUMANN project, which is fundamental for optimal power integration at platform level. The NEUMANN project will enable strategic autonomy in the defence sector for the power and propulsion systems, in particular for high temperature materials, thermal management enhanced by additive manufacturing technologies, energy generation and management and control systems. The NEUMANN project will fertilize knowledge transfer and implementation of new technologies in the EU, establish important new cross-border collaborations with SME and mid-caps in the defence sector.
Attività nel progetto CIRA
CIRA will cooperate with the partners of the NEUMANN project in 4 out of 9 work packages. The required activities are:
set a procedure and methodologies to simulate at preliminary design phase engine/aircraft aerodynamics integration, developing simplified simulation models for specific aircraft components,
evaluate impact of alternative fuel combustion and to perform studies dedicated to low observability assessment,
analyze and optimize the thermal management architecture modelling specific subsystems,
perform high order analyses in CFD and thermo-structural domain for the validation of the semi-empirical tools.
Programma
EDF European Defend Fund
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data inizio:
Friday, December 2, 2022
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durata:
50.00
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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Friday, March 3, 2023
NEUMANN
Fluid Mechanics, Adptive Structures, Structures and Materials, Propulsion
The project studies will address propulsion and energy systems technologies required for an highly efficient powerplant, able to deliver at the same time increased electrical power generation and increased thrust-to-weight ratio
