Summary
The overall objective of the FALCON project is to develop a hybrid approach combining both cutting-edge numerical and experimental methods to analyse fluid-structure interaction, better predict and control the aircraft aerodynamic unsteady loads, thus improving the aeroelastic properties and sustainability of aerostructures and reducing the related aerodynamical noise.
High performance computing: new-generation processors, infrastructure management, HPC services, GPU.
Computational fluid dynamics: innovative algorithms, high-fidelity numerical models and state-of-the-art pre and post-processing tools.
Most of the research and development carried out in FALCON is based on ProLB
CS GROUP is a European mid-size company with a culture of entrepreneurship, it is agile and innovative and possesses a high level of technical and professional expertise. CS GROUP is the trusted partner of leading French and international groups for the digitalization of operational systems. It develops scientific and technical software since more than 40 years for their major clients in various strategic domains (nuclear, aerospace, automotive). In the FALCON project, CS GROUP is involved in work packages 2, 3, 4, and 5. It is strongly involved in the simulation and validation of the 3 test cases in collaboration with AMU, DLR, AIRBUS and MSC.
AIRBUS is a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, operating in the commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence, and space sectors. The Company is a leader in designing, manufacturing, and delivering aerospace products, services, and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale. Their involvement in the FALCON project aims at unveiling more effective and reliable simulation techniques for predicting FSI and related loads and noise emissions. AIRBUS is involved in work packages 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. AIRBUS will define tailored exploitation routes for the project results.
AIRBUS is also participating in the project through its affiliated entities in Germany, France, and United-Kingdom
AMU is a research-intensive university that has forged partnerships all over the world, asserted its roots and territorial integration, and ranks among France’s top universities in the Shanghai rankings. It is involved in the project through the M2P2 laboratory which is a joint research unit attached to the AMU, the CNRS, and to Centrale Marseille. The laboratory has an original position with research covering the fields of Computational Fluid Mechanics and Chemical Engineering.
AMU is the coordinator of the FALCON project, it leads the WP1 and brings its expertise in work packages 2, and 4.
Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie
The Lattice Boltzmann Research Group (LBRG) at KIT is an interdisciplinary research group that aims to take advantage of novel mathematical modeling strategies and numerical methods to enable large-scale simulations and optimal control of fluid flows for applications in process engineering. As a participant in the FALCON project, KIT is involved in work packages 2, 3, 4, and 5, starting with physical model development, its validation, embedding into adjoint optimization solvers, and software parallelization for higher-scale HPC machines.
Hexagon AB is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. It develops a collection of solutions dedicated to simulate complex industrial problems involving different physics. As a participant in the FALCON project, Hexagon AB is strongly involved in work packages 2, 3, and 5, through its subsidiary located in Belgium. It will bring the expertise in structural dynamics solution to address the FALCON challenges
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a leading research, development, and innovation center active in high-performance computing and data analysis. It operates the most powerful supercomputing systems in the Czech Republic, which are provided to research teams from academia and industry.
IT4Innovations conducts excellent research via national and international projects. It engages in the EU’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and features in 16 international projects. The key research areas of IT4Innovations include big data processing and analysis, machine learning, development of parallel scalable algorithms, solution of computationally demanding engineering problems, advanced visualization, virtual reality, modeling for nanotechnologies, and material design.
Euronovia is a French consulting company (SME) specialized in supporting EU funded projects with activities related to management and communication and dissemination of project results. Euronovia has also a strong expertise in writing grant applications in response to Horizon Europe call for proposals. In the FALCON project, Euronovia will lead WP6 on Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation activities in order to disseminate the FALCON project results to the appropriate stakeholders.
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft Und Raumfahrt
DLR is the national aeronautics and space research center of the Federal Republic of Germany. It’s responsible for the fields of aeronautics, space, and transport research, and makes important contributions to energy research. In FALCON, the long-term and worldwide expertise of DLR will be crucial for the analysis of the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of noise generated at the high-lift system, optical flow measurement techniques, 2D- and 3D- visualization of density fields, surface deformation measurements, direct noise computation of high-lift wing noise. It leads the WP3 and is involved in work packages 2, and 4.
CNRS is a major player in basic research on the global stage and the only organisation in France that is active in all fields of science. Its unique position as a specialist in multiple fields means that it can bring together different scientific disciplines to shed light on and gain insight into current global challenges, in partnership with public sector, social and economic stakeholders.
CNRS will provide, via the M2P2 laboratory, a precious expertise in WP4 and WP2.
ECM is a leading graduate school of engineering (or Grande école of engineering) located in Marseille, the second largest city in France.
ECM will provide, via the M2P2 laboratory, an expertise in statistics, in the development and implementation of a large variety of surrogate models, to be used either for sensitivity purposes or cost-efficient optimization in WP4.