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SYNAMEC - Synthesis Tool for Aeronautical Mechanisms Design |
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of this project is to build an integrated general-purpose
software for the structural (type) and dimensional syntheses
of mechanisms, starting for a specification of functional
requirements. |
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Start date |
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2001.12.01 |
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Duration |
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30 months |
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EC Program
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5th FP
GROWTH Program |
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The same tool may be used during
the complete design work, not only during the type synthesis
from scratch but also during the dimensional optimisation
of the meshed mechanism. The objective function may
be path generation, function generation, rigid-body
guidance and/or any combination thereof. Constraints
on occupied area, volume and/or displacement (ie. territorial
constraints) are applied at this stage.
New software to be developed will add functionality
to the existing software already owned by partners and
currently used in industry. The developed methods and
tools will be applied to practical industrial cases
in the field of aeronautics.
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| The software development
activities will be executed in four stages. Firstly,
a complete specification of the entire system to be
developed will be made. The second step will be the
separate development of six functional modules. The
third step will be the integration and concurrent
development of the separate prototypes within the
SYNAMEC system. This integrated system will perform
the synthesis and analysis of aeronautical mechanisms.
u The fourth step will be an extension of this integrated
system to perform optimisation tasks. The development
activities will be based on several existing software
prototypes owned by the consortium partners, which
will guarantee a stable foundation and reduces the
risk of the development activities. |
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| The main project output will be
a software demonstrator for conceptual and detailed
design of aeronautical mechanisms. The consortium will
deliver the research and development work in 8 work
packages. WP1 is for the complete system specification.
WP2 up to WP5 will develop the different functional
modules. WP6 will test the software demonstrators. Two
WPs are added, one for the exploitation and dissemination
of results and the other for the project management. |
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EXPECTED RESULTS |
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Four milestones will indicate
progress on the expected main results.
System specification
Standalone software prototypess for 1) type synthesis; 2)
Computation of sensitivities; 3) Configuration generation;
4) Expert advisor; 5) Generation of alternatives; 6) Performance
evaluation
Integrated software prototype for synthesis of aeronautical
mechanisms
Demonstrator software for aeronautical mechanisms synthesis
and optimisation.
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