
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 1.1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Le projet a permis le développement d'une technologie de thermoformage par injection de résine dans un moule fermé, éliminant le besoin d'attacher les piéces par des rivets. Un procédé complexe qui entraîne des économies substantielles ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 1.12 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The aim of this project is to investigate the induction hardening behaviour of aeronautic martensitic steels in order to control the hardening patterns and predict the field performance of manufactured gears. Futhermore, the model will be used to develop contour hardening on bevel gears.
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 1.14 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is to develop methods to make composite materials that are electrically conductive to provide protection for electrical components contained inside composite boxes against electrical spike coming from different sources inside and outside of an aircraft
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 1.15 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The goal is to develop an optimized design, analysis and manufacturing process for composite materials, using the Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) process as a technology demonstrator. An expert system will be developed which will integrate and optimize the RTM process.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 1.18 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
General Objectives Development of an on-line health monitoring system capable of detecting and identifying faults during engine operation as well as detecting component subsurface damage, and monitoring of the fault and its progression using Non Destructive Testing (NDT) s...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 1.2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 1.20 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The CRIAQ 1.20 Project focused on novel protective coatings for aerospace applications with the main aim to improve erosion- and corrosion resistance and other functional characteristics of the compressor blades and of the leading edge of helicopter rotors.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 1.7 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project studied the behaviour of commercially available brazing alloys for joining different stainless steels and Nickel superalloys used in gas turbine engines, on structural and non-structural joints. Characterization of the brazed joints was also performed.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 1.8 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Aerospace manufacturing requires a significant proportion of machining of light alloy components. High performance machining will be studied using experimental and model based approaches to optimize machine and process parameters for high speed machining.
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 2.2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is the response to the recognition that the noise level is one of the most important factors contributing to the passenger perception of cabin comfort, in both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: 2.8 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Given the present state of knowledge and scientific advancement in de-icing technologies, the development of a low energy de-icing or anti-icing system for rotor blades with the capability of operating in icing conditions, constitutes a challenge in itself. Therefore, finding novel technologies an...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: 3.1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The existing approach to flight object impact (e.g. bird strike) certification is conducted through physical testing. Developing design methodologies based on predictive numerical simulation methods for the high velocity impact would enhance our capability in predicting failure modes and optimizing ...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 3.2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project deals with the quantification of the real-time flight simulation models using state-of-the-art computational flight dynamics techniques in lieu of actual flight test data. Although such approach has wide range of applications, the proposed work will concentrate on the training flight sim...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 3.4 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
New technologies will be developed to improve the generation of helicopter aerodynamic mathematical models from flight test data using parameter estimation techniques. Methods will be established to employ non-intrusive smart sensor flight test instrumentation systems for these applications. The r...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 4.1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The current project, entitled MOSAIC (Multidisciplinary Optimization Standardization Approach for Integration and Configurability), aims to provide the industrial participants with powerful integration technologies and to demonstrate the capabilities of multidisciplinary optimization in the design o...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 4.14 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 4.3 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Models, methods and tools for integrated change management throughout product lifecycles: propagating engineering changes to manufacturing documents. Aerospace product development is an iterative process involving various information systems and expertise. This projects aims at defining, developing...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 4.6_Plan B /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Tube hydroforming is a new manufacturing technology that offers significant advantages and provide high quality products at lower life cost values. It may be critical to aerospace industry but is not yet fully exploited due to a lack of extensive knowledge base for process and tool design and whose ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 4.6 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
L'hydroformage de tubes est une technologie de fabrication relativement nouvelle qui offre des avantages significatifs dont un poids réduit et des produits de qualité supérieure à des coûts inférieurs. Sa principale caractéristique est l'usage...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 4.7 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: 5.3 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: 5.5 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Model-driven development (MDD) is a reality in modern software development, yet the constraints on software certification under DO-178B pose research challenges when applying formal methods. We seek to reduce the costs of certified avionics software using MDD and formal methods.
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: 5.6_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Modern avionics systems are software-intensive systems composed of a network of heterogeneous distributed embedded processors. These safety-critical systems must exhibit a series of quality attributes, among the most important being the system safety, reliability and fault-tolerance. Organizations...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 6.1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
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Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: 6.2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is divided in two sub-projects: Pressure MEMS sensors for GTE applications and Temperature MEMS arrays for GTE applications. This last portion is already completed. The effort over the past 6 months was directed mainly towards the MEMS demonstrator. A detection system comprising two d...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: 7.1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims to investigate the design and to demonstrate the feasibility of an aeroelastic aircraft wing capable of modifying its geometry in real-time during flight in order to optimize the performance of the aircraft for a range of flight conditions.
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Pratt & Whitney Canada experience in nacelle acoustic treatments shows that extensive efforts are still required to ensure that liners are fabricated according to acceptable standards and to ensure that the liners acoustic performance are met. The project addresses these requirements (i) by develo...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
In a continuation to the previous CRIAQ 2.2 project, this project is directed to develop an active control system for drive noise reduction for demonstration on board of a helicopter. The goal is to validate the effectiveness of active control in the real environment.The general objective is...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-3 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
When it comes to acoustic comfort of an aircraft, usual engineering metrics (based upon A-weighted Sound Pressure Levels or Speech Interference Levels) do not "tell the whole story". In this respect, it would be very useful to be able to "hear" the ambiance of an aircraft cabin before it flies, an...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-4 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The general objective is to develop a low-cost, low-weight, low-noise composite that will satisfy helicopter industry requirements. The specific objectives of the projects are as follows: +Identify and characterize vibro-acoustic treatment materials that will be compatible with the composite...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-503_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Caractérisation aéroacoustique expérimentale et numérique de vannes de pressurisation aéronautiques en vue de réduire leur bruit dans les différentes phases de vol. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ACOU-504_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The main objective is to develop add-on sound acoustic protection of launchers payloads under constraints. The structural-acoustic performances (joint optimization of the composite structure and the acoustic blanket) in low-mid frequencies will be achieved.
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: AUT-1629_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
This project aims to introduce new emerging technologies to the aerospace arena, while also contributing to areas of research. Today, rising trends in the aerospace industry are include in the areas of automation, miniaturization, overall mission cost reduction, reduction of energy footprint. This p...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: AUT-1653_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Everyday, thousands of human agents from a wide range of sectors are involved in complex and critical operations requiring strong coordination, interaction with multi-robot systems and other highly innovative technologies: a team of firefighters managing a large fire in hazardous environments, a ...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: AUT-1710_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
While drone technologies currently are a very fast-growing market, recent incidents, including mid-air collision with aircraft and obvious risks for people and property when out of control, forced the government of Canada to adopt strong measures to ground all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of more...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: UAS MaSu /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The CRIAQ UAS MaSu project is mobilizing two Canadian SMEs supported by two universities specialized in engineering, the Université de Sherbrooke and the École de technologie supérieure, to develop several concepts and technologies in the field of maritime drones. The partner...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: AUT-703_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The project CARIC AUT-703 involves four Canadian SMEs supported by two specialized Engineering universities, École Polytechnique de Montreal and the ÉTS, in order to develop several concepts and technologies in the field of UAVs. The quartet of companies will demonstra...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: AVIO-1503_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Active haptic pilot controls have the capability to generate tactile cueing signals to warn the pilot of approaching flight envelope limitations or hazards. This is particularly of interest for helicopters because they regularly operate near their maximum gross weights and power levels. Active hapti...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-1601_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
o A Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) exists when conditions of low visibility, including conditions caused by rotor downwash in sand/dust (“brown-out”), snow (“white-out”/snowball) or water, obscures both horizon and terrain features. A DVE may also occur when environmental ...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-1603_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
To answer customers concerns and to be compliant with FAA requests on the subject, aircraft and flight systems manufacturers must collect in-flight data for cosmic radiations and develop a global strategy for real-time processing of this data to provide pilots, crew and aircraft operations, appropri...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-402 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at developing a new avionics communication network allowing a reduction of the complexity of cabling by adopting a smaller wire-count solution, using the state-of-the-art avionics data network technologies. Digital interfaces will be developed to connect the legacy position senso...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-402_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
L'introduction de nouvelles architectures avioniques, telles que l'avionique modulaire intégrée (AMI), et l'augmentation du nombre et de la complexité des composantes embarquées dans les aéronefs impliquent un accroissement considérable de la quantité de données échangées. Pour répondre...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-403_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims to explore design and verification techniques for radiation tolerant electronic systems that ease test, diagnosis and fault emulation. Cosmic radiations have always been associated with space missions. Until recently, the space community was practically the only one preoccupied w...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-403_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
L'objectif principal de ce projet est le développement et la validation de techniques de conception et de vérification facilitant le test, le diagnostic et l'émulation de pannes pour les systémes tolérants aux radiations, dans le but d'accélérer...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-404 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project will develop new antennas that will be compatible with the electric properties of composite materials used in future fuselages. The effects of composite materials on wave propagation and the reduction of electromagnetic interference associated with radio equipment will be studied. ...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-503_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at applying Model Driven Architectures (MDA) and Development Environment (MDE) to build Time-Triggered Architectures (TTA), defining models and automatic techniques for developing and integrating TTA based mixed criticality avionic systems, and experimenting integrated modular avio...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-505 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Le projet consiste en la mise en place de méthodes et de systémes de traitement des informations pour des dispositifs de communication efficace et efficiente dans le domaine de l'aéronautique et de l'aérospatial. Ce projet vise l'intégration des multiples sys...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-506 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Modern systems interfaces definition, evolution and tracking are an ever increasing challenge. The growing functional density, distributed over multiple processing resources, cause the physical and function interfaces to be increasingly difficult to manage. This problem becomes more intense with th...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-508 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
On board avionics systems are rapidly increasing in complexity and are starting to use advanced technology such as real-time ethernet, multicore distributed systems and virtualization. The possibilities and expectations for detailed extremely realistic simulations have greatly increased the need for...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-509 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This research project will address the IMA challenges, with an emphasis on two crucial aspects for our industrial partners: 1) the architectural impact of important components of the IMA platform including the system configuration, the operating system and the communication network and 2) the migr...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-601 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Technological developments will continue to lower the entry requirements for space, increasing the number of players in orbit. As a consequence, radio frequency interference in space will be growing. New technologies as well as existing technologies used in military applications or in extremely con...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: AVIO-604 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
(1) Procuce avionics software models, using enhanced design notations for understandability. (2) Model compiler producing certifiable code. Languages : UML, Simulink Objectives: + Create an enhanced UML profile inspired from RSML +Requirements State Machine Language + Create a methodology for Simuli...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-605 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
System test methodology, based on the Test and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3) Objectives: + Gap analysis between TTCN and current test languages and environments. + Upgrade TTCN language and associated tools if necessary. + Large scale case study. Use of codecs in test environments and in target...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-606_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The increasing demand of LCD displays in glass cockpits requires the need to introduce new display technologies at lower cost and higher performance. Objectives: + Caracterize the OLED display technology for avionic applications and identify ways to ruggedize it + Identify OLED type suitab...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-613 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at applying Model Driven Architectures (MDA) and Development Environment (MDE) to build Time-Triggered Architectures (TTA), defining models and automatic techniques for developing and integrating TTA based mixed criticality avionic systems, and experimenting integrated modular avio...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-707 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The general objective of the proposed research is to investigate the feasibility of implementing electronically reconfigurable antennas with the following desired characteristics: capability to operate under realistic transmit power conditions, flexibility for beam steering and shaping, capability o...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: AVIO-718_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Since 2013, Design Exonetics (a spinoff from the CAMUS - Conception d’Actionneurs et de Moteurs de l’Université de Sherbrooke – laboratory) has been developing a novel actuation technology for the aerospace industry in collaboration with an aerospace OEM. The technology offe...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-BAVARIA-1_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The objective of the project is to manufacture an aerospace fibre composite prototype with thermoplastic matrix materials in order to compare with aluminium and standard thermoset materials in term of weight, performance, manufacturability and cost. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-1 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The main objective of this project is to investigate the relationship between the performance (mechanical, quality) and the production costs (tooling, cure cycle) associated with the manufacturing of a composite airframe structure using out-of-autoclave technologies. Suitable materials must be id...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-1601_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The new generation of complex composites structures that will be developed by Hutchinson and its partners will integrate several functions, including mechanical and robustness contribution brought by the integrated structure, esthetic contribution and more. These new technologies will allow to reduc...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-1602_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The aviation industry is constantly progressing towards its goal of minimum impact on the environment, with the aim to reduce in half its carbon emission by 2050 (IATA). To reduce the carbon emissions of an aircraft, with the same flying time, the aircraft manufacturer strives to reduce its weight a...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-1633_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Due to aircraft manufacture volume increase there is a dramatic need for economic fibre -reinforced composite materials and processing technologies that fulfil - besides high mechanical properties and reliability - also specific fire, smoke and toxcity characteristics (FST). As inherent flame retard...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-3 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Polymer matrix composites are increasingly used in the aeronautics industry. Some of these materials can withstand temperatures up to 550F in service over long periods of time. Exposition to elevated temperature leads to a viscoelastic behaviour for the matrix, which can have significant influence o...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-407 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The objective of this research program is to propose experimental and modeling methodologies to determine endurance limit for damage onset in composite based on fracture mechanics and fatigue crack initiation monitoring using wave mode propagation based on Modal Acoustic Emission new approaches (MAE...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-410 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Developments of design methodologies based on predictive numerical simulation methods for soft and hard body impact that would enhance our capability in predicting multi mode failure mechanisms and optimize structural design. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-412 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project involves the development of analytical modelling and simulation tools, combined with novel, optimized tooling and manufacturing techniques for the cost-effective use of compression molding in the design and manufacture of aerospace structures. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-413 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project investigates the defect formation emerging during the AFP manufacturing of curvilinear shaped composite structures. An integrated optimization module will be developed to manufacture optimized composite parts free of detrimental defects. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-415 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Composite materials used to make space structures are subjected to space environments where the temperature can fluctuate between -170 oC to + 150 oC, where different types of failure may occur. The project studies this problem.
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-5 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at the development of tapered thermoplatic composite tail booms for helicopters which has the configuration of a tapered cylinder. It connects the cabin of the helicopter to the tail rotor, whose function is to control the direction and stability of the aircraft. The tail boom is s...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-501 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Infusion processes offer great potential for accelerating the production of aerospace polymer composite parts and reducing unit costs when compared with traditional prepreg-based techniques. However, producing carbon fibre preforms to the complex shapes of 3D composite parts by assembling multiple l...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-502 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
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Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-506 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The goal is to develop an optimized design methodology for bolted/bonded joints for composite materials. When anaylzed independently, there are existing methodologies for both bonded and bolted joints. Combined together as a bolted/bonded joint, the problem becomes more complex. The interactions and...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-507 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Composite materials are increasingly being used for primary aircraft components because of their superior performance such as high strength and stiffness, long fatigue life and light weight. These components will eventually develop damage in service and will have to be repaired. Some repair methodo...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-509_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
L'objectif du projet de recherche envisagé consiste à mettre au point de nouveaux centres de têtes rotor en matériaux composites ayant une capacité de battement de 7 degrés tout en ayant une durée de vie en fatigue similaire à celle des cent...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-510 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project will develop a complete industrial solution based on nanochemicals for the manufacture of structural parts and tooling using resin film infusion, with a focus on the effect of a nanochemicals modified resin on the processing and performance of fibre reinforced composites. A lot...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-511_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Développement d'outils de calcul associés à des méthodes de validation pour réduire les coûts liés à l'approche expérimentale et de méthodes d'essais pouvant conduire à l'établissement de normes dans l...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-512 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The aerospace industry has always looked for lighter designs to increase performance and reduce fuel consumption. Moreover, the industry is now committed to reduce the environmental footprint of aircraft manufacturing as well as the decommissioning of old aircraft. Thermoplastic matrix composite (T...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-601 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
In the recent years, advancements have been made in composites materials including toughened resin, high modulus fibers and the use of nano-particles. The North American space industry has been focusing on Cyanate ester resin for many years while others more performing systems are being developed. T...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: COMP-709_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The Canadian Composite Manufacturing R&D Consortium project, “Design and Technology Development of Optimized Composite Aircraft Structures Using Knowledge Based Iterations” will further the knowledge, experience and capability of advanced composite design, development, simulation and...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: CRIAQ-1645 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The Digital Aerospace project, funded by CRIAQ, will fuel future discussion on the convergence of aerospace and digital technology to identify major development areas conducive to Quebec’s aerospace industry. Objectives: •to explore and identify the opportunities repre...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: DPHM-1711_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
While aircraft manufacturers are looking for highly reliable equipment, degradations due to wear and tear and consequent faults/failures are inevitable. Thus, aircraft owners and operators want to detect and isolate/localize these degradations to replace the faulty unit as early as required. This is...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: DPHM-4 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Although various disciplines have been involved in the development of fault diagnosis, prognosis, and health management (DPHM) algorithms, we notice a lack of hybrid, intelligent, and well integrated approaches in the literature. The overall objective of this project is to develop and implement a ne...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: DPHM-410_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Prior to the 3-year project, the team will conduct a go/no-go project of one year. This Plan C Project will validate original methods and devices, developed at UdeS and NRC, to detect disbond in composite structures via PZT-generated Lamb waves. It will define and detail the need for a subsequent 3 ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: DPHM-501 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The proposed project is knowledge-gap oriented and thus aims at providing the industry with a database of cases for plate guided wave propagation and interaction with defects in aerospace structures. The scope of the project fits between the generation of a guided wave in a structure by an actuator ...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: DPHM-601 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Background Delayed failure due to hydrogen diffused during processing of high-strength steels is a big concern in the aircraft industry. Today, there is no NDT that is able to detect the presence of damaging hydrogen in real parts. Therefore, several parts are scrapped during processing when there ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: DPHM-702_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The reduction of aircraft life-cycle cost and the reduction of environmental footprint of aerospace industry trigger innovative ideas not only at design level but also at maintenance level. Operators are looking for highly reliable equipment, nevertheless when a failure occurs, they want to be able ...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-1_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Development of fundamental and practical information regarding the application of super-hydrophobic surface coatings for aircraft wing leading edges on the protected and unprotected areas to mitigate icing. This will be primarily an experimental study, but numerical models will also be developed to ...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-1601_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Evolve current low emissions technology developed for large turbofan engines to the next generation turboprops by a new combustor system. This new combustion system is an enabler for greenhouse gas reduction on the engine and has the potential to deliver significant reductions of NOx and particulate...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ENV-1605 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
When designing a new aircraft, it is a challenge to develop a model of the structure-born noise that will be generated by systems like engine, transmission and oil pump. Such model or analytical tool would serve to assess such noise during the development process to work on mitigation solutions upst...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ENV-1648_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
OEMs intention is to push the industrialization of the acoustic meta-material (AMM) principles for either primary or secondary insulation. The insulation today is used for thermal and acoustical insulation and its design is driven mainly by the thermal requirements. In the past years companies have ...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-404 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project will study the feasibility of using clutched hyper-redundant geared motors to replace traditional hydraulic actuators for primary flight controls of aircrafts. The research will study clutching technologies as well as system architectures through simulations and experimental work.
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-405 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
In order to develop a more electric commercial aircraft, this project will replace the emergency power generation system based on an Air Driven Generator by a hybrid system based upon a hydrogen fuel cell, a set of batteries and super-condensers.
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-406 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The use of novel biofuels in gas turbines is becoming imperative for energy security and sustainability. This project will provide combustion characterization using fundamental flames and generic combustors coupled with numerical simulations to develop design tools to handle these fuels with very di...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-411_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project aims to establish whether there is enough thermoset composite waste generated in Canada by the aerospace industry to support a domestic recycling effort and identify which technologies would be the most viable to this end. The properties of such recyclates or new materials made from r...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-412 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Recycling complex products, typical to aeronautic industry, require a high enhancement in Canadian engineering knowledge. The project will study the best ways to part-out, dismantle and recycle an aircraft at its end of life with the objective of increasing its value by recovering, reusing or recycl...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-414 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project consists of developing at a rotating blade level non thermal de-icing devices operating in helicopter blade environment and consuming power at substantially lower levels than current thermal devices. It also includes the further development of a mast mounted generator to provide electric...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-420 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is the continuation of a one-year project on Ice-phobic evaluation of superhydrophobic coatings for aircraft icing protection. Phase 2 of this project is aimed at improving the technology readiness level (TRL) from 2 to 4 through a combined numerical and experimental study....
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ENV-702 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Le projet vise à poursuivre les travaux du projet ENV-414 dans les domaines suivants: - Dégivrage piézo-électrique de pales rotor: optimisation du systéme et identification d’actuateurs « robustes » - Revêtements...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: ENV-708 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The use of composite and aluminum materials in the aeronautic industry has the potential to significantly reduce the weight of aircrafts and hence their fuel consumption. The primary purpose of the project presented here is to focus on the fire protection of acoustic sandwich panels made of composit...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-709 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The proposed ENV-709 research program builds upon the promising results from the CRIAQ project ENV-404 (round 4) where novel architecture designs for electromechanical actuators were developed around MagnetoRheological Fluid (MRF) clutches maintained in slippage. The ENV-404 project demonstrated tha...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-715 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The proposed project aims to investigate various measurement techniques of wall-pressure fluctuations induced by turbulent flow and of noise in wind tunnel environments. It will enable the development and evaluation of various acoustic measurement techniques in low- and high-speed wind tunnels. Carl...
Theme: AVIATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
Acronym: ENV-722 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Description: Afin de répondre aux exigences environnementales, aux inquiétudes de la population notamment des riverains des sites aéroportuaires et industriels, et de proposer des voies d'amélioration efficaces, il est indispensable de s'appuyer sur des él...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: EUCA-AMOS /Status: Completed Project
This research project is a Canada and European collaborative project. It focuses on several key Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes that have great potential to be used as cost-effective and efficient repairing and re-manufacturing processes for aerospace components ...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: EUCA-EPICEA /Status: Completed Project
This three-year EU-Canadian joint research venture called “EPICEA” is to release, validate and verify a unique computer environment (i.e. the EPICEA platform) assimilating a complete understanding of electromagnetic (EM) issues on Composite Electric Aircraft (CEA – i.e. aircraft wi...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: EUCA-PHOBIC2ICE /Status: Completed Project
PHOBIC2ICE will develop technologies and predictive simulation tools to avoid or mitigate the accretion of ice on aircraft, a significant problem for aircraft. Accretion of ice on aerostructures poses challenges for both aircraft security (as flying is restricted to only certain atmospheric conditio...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-1_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Comprehensive experimental and numerical research program to develop benchmark data which will assist the Canadian aerospace industry to develop cooling methods for the next generation of high-temperature gas turbines.
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-2_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The main objective is to simulate fuel spray in circular and elliptical nozzles and evaluate the combustor performance under various operating conditions. This numerical study is different from past investigations in that it takes a comprehensive approach to the issue of simulating fuel atomization ...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-3_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
A new combustion concept will be intensively studied to develop and prove the Slinger concept with the collaborating partners. Eventually a prototype will be built with variousdetailed measurements. The main objective of the work at Laval University is to study numerically this new concept and to i...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-INDIA-4_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
McGill University, Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC), the National Research Council of Canada, and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) are undertaking research to create a model that can predict contact wear of components in the combustion chamber of a turbine engine. The purpose of the...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-5_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Pratt & Whitney Canada designs and manufactures gas turbine engines for a variety of applications. All gas turbines involve propulsive hot gas flow, rotating blades and stationary casing. The small gap between the rotating disc supporting the blades and the stationary wall is called the "di...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-6_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is to develop novel compressor rotor tip profile or shroud designs to minimize the effect of larger rotor tip clearance to aircraft engine performance and operability. The project will initiate with validation of CFD predictions with larger tip clearance to both compressor performance a...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: ENV-INDIA-7_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project is part of the ISTP project whose funding has been approved. P&WC and Infotech will be leading a consortium of Canadian and Indian companies and universities. Canadian participants: + Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) + National Research Council (NRC) + Laval University...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-INDIA-8_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
PROJECT 1: Flow Laminarization Using Plasma Actuation PROJECT 2: Lift Enhancement with Plasma Actuation PROJECT 3: Flight Control Using Plasma actuation
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: INTD-501 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project aims at understanding the mechanisms for the appearance of waviness, dimples, orange peel appearance on the surface of coatings on veneers for wood furniture used in the interior of business jets. Extensive analysis on the different components of the system will be done. The problem is c...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: INTD-502 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Le présent projet de recherche vise à identifier, puis éliminer les défauts produits dans les zones de fixation des panneaux composites de l'ameublement intérieur des avions d'affaires. Le projet visera à établir un lien entre ces défa...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: LEAN-405 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The goal of the Lean Engineering in Aerospace project is to apply lean principles to the design process in new product development.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: LEAN-501 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project focuses on developing lean techniques for the aerospace industry. While initially developed for the automotive industry, the aerospace industry has been benefiting from them as well, despite the fact that they are characterized by lower volumes and higher product variety. The main phil...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: LEAN-702_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The manufacturing of aerospace parts presents several important challenges, including time and cost of production. In today’s changing the economical context of today `doing well the first time 'is imperative to maintain the competitiveness of companies in the sector. The search for effici...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-1613_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Determine thermal, physical and mechanical properties of parts manufactured in investment casting, sand casting and / or additive manufacturing Evaluate and compare component manufacturability and economic viability of the different processes Determine effect of long term temperature exposure on all...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: MANU-1622_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Elasto Proxy Inc. plans to develop unique and advanced compounds to extrude, pour and cure in place using an adapted robotic cell to automate the process of delivering various designs and shapes of seals.The vision is to develop creative designs and shapes to fill the gap that the current technology...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: MANU-1625 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The proposed research will develop and validate a set of bulk- and surface- post-processing technologies applicable to high-temperature IN625 components produced by laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF). In the framework of this project, an extended study of the post-processing-microstructure-properties i...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: MANU-1707_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The manufacturing of aerospace parts presents several important challenges, including time and cost of production. In the economic context of today `doing well the first time 'is imperative to maintain the competitiveness of companies in the sector. The search for efficiency is today fueled by v...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: MANU-1716_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
FusiA Impression 3D Métal Inc., Tekna, McGill and Laval Universities have been in different research projects based on additive manufacturing processes in the past years. These projects allowed each stakeholder to develop unique expertise in this technology, and have shown its applicabi...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: MANU-1721_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Featuring advanced proprietary fuels, Reaction Dynamics is pioneering a novel type of propulsion systems based on its experimentally demonstrated rocket technology. Combined with metal additive manufacturing, this technology reduces vehicle part count from nearly 100,000 to under 1,000 components...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-4 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project proposes to develop a combination of a process and an anti-erosion coating which allows one to repair coated components of aircrafts engines. The coatings should be removed efficiently and in an environmentally friendly way; the impact on the base material and on the performance of the ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-405 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Optimization of the process of brazing alloys for joining different aerospace alloys used in gas turbine engines. Characterization of the brazed joints; the main goal being to develop structural joints and characterize their mechanical properties.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-408 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Productivity is hampered by frequent program interruptions for operator sizing cuts and other process verifications. The project aims to replace such operations by on-machine gauging and automated program changes to achieve un-broken program runs.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-409_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
In order to save future effort by eliminating areas and issues that are either well understood or irrelevant to industry end users, a one year CRIAQ plan-C project is proposed with three main goals. Students participating in this project (4 masters, 3 undergraduates) are spread among the four indus...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-412 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Chemical milling is used for creating shallow pockets in thin panels. Mechanical milling is sought as a replacement process due to its lighter environmental impact. Many unknowns remain before mechanical milling can be effectively used. What are the necessary conditions for the process to be po...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-413 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The milling, drilling and routing optimization of graphite/epoxy composite and multilayer materials is addressed in this project. Optimal parameters (speed, feed and depth) and tooling (materials, geometry and coating) will be determined for specific machining operations to ensure quality of the mac...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-418 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The aim of this project is to demonstrate the reliability and repeatability of an automated non-destructive testing (NDT) system combining different probes. Information that could not be inferred separately from them is expected. A prototype will be built to evaluate the potential of this method.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-419 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at understanding the water erosion of compressor blades in the turbine engines and developing cost effective water erosion resistant coatings. This will also include studying the effect of substrate condition such as microstructure and residual stress on water erosion.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-501 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Le projet proposé a pour objectif de faciliter l'inspection dimensionnelle et géométriques des composantes flexibles à partir d'un nuage de points, et ce, sans recours à un gabarit de conformation. ...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-508 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at studying, in a first phase, both numerically and analytically the effects of the shot peening process on the fatigue life improvement and on forming on thin components. The findings of the analysis part will be validated against experimental data generated in the course of the p...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-510 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
A better understanding of the relationship between machining parameters and surfaces characteristics and between surface charateristics and fatigue life will lead to the optimisation of machining pratices to improve the fatigue life of aerospace components. Research efforts will also be focus towar...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-601 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims at generating fundamental knowledge on design, processing and properties, and initiate the development of guidelines and corresponding database of properties on additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V and high strength aluminum alloys, to target fabrication of aerospace components.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-602 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
There is an increased demand for industrial robots with high absolute accuracy. Creaforms systems (C-Track, MaxSHOT , MetraSCAN) can be used to assess the accuracy of industrial robots, calibrate them, correct their path, or automate inspection processes. This project aims to improve the accuracy of...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-604_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims to create an additive manufacturing capability that will be able to manufacture and NDI parts in process via different additive manufacturing approaches. The project also aims to manufacture parts of high integrity for primary and secondary structure. This process will need to ha...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-706_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Satellite on-board antennas and payload RF components use extensively aluminum 6061 alloy, e.g. waveguides, filters, antenna feed chain components. Thermal control of highly dissipative units is a challenge in space, and aluminum CTE is a drawback, leading to higher mechanical stresses in assemblies...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-710_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited and Pratt & Whitney Canada have all initiated research projects on Additive Manufacturing processes. Although applications are different, all companies are facing the same challenges including the lack of a mature Canadian supply chain. In order to acceler...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-711 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Thermal barrier coatings have been used in aircraft gas turbines since several decades. The initial deposition method of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), i.e. air plasma spray (APS), is still being used today for producing TBCs made of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). This project consists in explo...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-721_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
FusiA Impression 3D métal Inc. et Pratt & Whitney Canada ont initié des projets de recherches sur de la fabrication additive de piéces pour le secteur aéronautiques. Ces projets ont permis de mettre en avant les capacités de cette technologie à garantir les re...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-724_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The main objective of this project is to attempt to reduce the weight and manufacturing costs of complex integrated assemblies, such as aero-engine shrouds, by replacing Aluminum with composite materials. The secondary objective is also to extend the state-of-the art on three selected manufacturing ...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-1601_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Over the past 10 years, the commercial aircraft (<150 passengers) market has seen almost a tripling in the number of players while business aircraft manufacturers around the world have filled or narrowed segment gaps with clean sheet or major derivative products. In this new reality, product diff...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-1649_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
This project aim is to develop a Flight Deck Human Machine Interface tools allowing specialists to design, develop, assess and operate user interfaces in an augmented reality immersive environment. The HMI tool should allow for evolution of the simulation fidelity throughout a flight deck developmen...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: MDO-1713_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
MANNARINO Systems & Software, Inc. (MANNARINO) will lead a team of industry professionals and university experts to develop a demonstrator of a RTCA/DO-178C Design Assurance Level A certifiable aerospace software product. To develop the software demonstrator, professional working relati...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-404_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Modeling and simulation of envisioned MEA electrical power architectures and components. Development and validation of a real-time/non-real-time simulation laboratory for the MEA and MEE concepts. Established methods will be used for the evaluation of operational requirements and research on optimiz...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-505_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
A prototype system consisting of a wing and an aileron will be designed, fabricated and tested. This system will be morphed and controlled using various types of actuators and sensors with the aim to improve its aerodynamic performances. The numerical modeling and simulation results will be validate...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-508_INTL /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
The project aims at enhancing aerodynamic simulations within the full flight enveloppe. Focus will be on predicting stability and control coefficients in low-speed (take-off/landing) and high speed (transonnic) conditions on complete aircraft configurations. The project will provide novel computati...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: MDO-710 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
For the past five years, massively parallel hardware architectures such as NVIDIA's general purpose graphical processing units (GPGPUs) and Intel's Xeon Phi accelerators have gained traction in the scientific and high performance computing (HPC) community due to the combination of their low ...
Theme: AVIATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
Acronym: OPR-601 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
More effective flight management Fuel savings Tradeoff time-fuel cost Greener trajectory management Objectives: + Flight-plan optimization; + Optimized en route flight-plan updates; + Air traffic management with costs minimization.
Theme: AVIATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
Acronym: OPR-608_Plan C /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Perform a one-year feasibility study based on the development and implementation of a technological platform in order to share research equipment aimed at optimizing their utilisation and enhancing the value of its related expertise through the field-testing of prototype demonstrators.
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: PLM-2 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Given a global environment where partners, suppliers and affiliates have different capabilities with respect to project and product data management, different environments for regulations with respect to protection of intellectual property (IP) and technology export, and different levels of informat...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: SNAIV /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
The main concern for flying drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is that they share the airspace with manned aircraft, thus creating the risk of midair collisions. In addition, drones require to get close to the ground at some point during their mission, e.g. for remote landing. This creates a...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: HEPOS /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Hybrid-electric propulsion has the potential to reduce the fuel consumption of transport aircraft while being much more realistic than full-electric aircraft for conventional missions for the foreseeable future. One potential powertrain architecture is the parallel hybrid-electric system. A gener...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-1615 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
To minimize Buy-to-Fly ratio, adding complex features to simple shapes can be an optimized scenario. However, too many unknowns remain with regards to the impacts and performance of the different methods available. A selected superalloy will be the subject of this study.
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-1712_TRL4+ /Status: Completed Project /Program: Maturing Technology
Within the aerospace sector, aftermarket services account for over 50% of revenue generated by aero engine manufacturers. Central to this is the ability to inspect and repair high unit cost components. Many processes are manual but given the ever-increasing quality, cost and delivery requirements, a...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: FlawDetect /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
In this project, a combination of non-destructive inspection techniques and fatigue testing procedures will be used to characterize the defects induced during 3D printing of load-bearing metallic components of aircraft engines and structures and assess their impact on the fatigue life of these compo...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: OPR-1618 /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Flight safety requires effective pilot training, which aims to equip pilot trainees with the capabilities to make correct decisions in different flight scenarios. The effectiveness of pilot training depends largely on an instructor's ability to maintain a detailed awareness of the training si...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: DHESST /Status: Completed Project /Program: Exploring Technology
Exonetik is a startup founded in 2013 in Sherbrooke with the objective to mature technologies licensed from Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) and to bring them to the market with strategic partners, such as Bell Flight and Magna International. Exonetik Turbo, a division of Exonetik, Inside-out ...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: Pilot-AI /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The objective is to increase the complexity of the BA pilot models for desktop handling quality assessments to: •Model nonlinear pilot behaviour for situations where pilots tend to over-command the aircraft •Model pilot behaviour under various circumstances such critical...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: CyberSA /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The aim of this collaborative R&D project is to provide new generation of innovative and advanced cyber security and cyber defense measures for aircraft. The research work will lean heavily on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as knowledge representation techniques and machine l...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: ADIMOR /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The project aims to support GHGSat operators in their mission to detect methane plumes from satellite and airborne images. An AI-based assistance tool will be developed to help operators focus their analysis on regions, whose images show a high emission potential.
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: iNORTH /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
Batteries have been used in electric and hybrid electric vehicles for more than a decade, and worldwide utilization is increasing, including the aerospace sector. Lithium-ion batteries are temperature-sensitive device, which adds a challenge for year-long operation in Canadian weather especial...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: RocketMof /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The project will study potential new fuels and additives that can be used in hybrid rocket engines. The use of these new fuels based on metal-organic framework polymers (MOFs) will make it possible to reduce the use of toxic compounds normally used in industry and to increase the performance of thes...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: EAPM /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
Building upon Marinvent feasibility study that was conducted under an NRC-IRAP project and NSERC-ENGAGE grant with Nergica in the summer of 2019, the proposed project will seek to make adaptations to the current aerospace-optimized (Airfoil Performance Monitor) system for specific use on wind turbin...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: MCPC /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
MANNARINO Systems & Software, Inc. (MANNARINO) will continue to lead a team of industry professionals and academic experts in the development of its first real-time operating system software (RTOS) certified to ARINC 653 compliant and RTCA / DO-178C, called the M-RTOS. Currently, no Canadian-mad...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: ATLAS-SYNTHESIS /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
This project aims to create a new prototype software tool relevant to Industry 4.0, aimed at optimizing, through the application of artificial intelligence techniques, the aerospace design assurance space, encompassing embedded avionics software, embedded electronics, and cybersecurity as it appl...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-1708 /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to an emerging class of technologies that build 3D objects by the controlled addition of materials in a layer-by-layer fashion to produce objects at or near their final shape. Design limitations from subtracting processes are significantly reduced and parts with a ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: IDIR /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The overall goal of the proposed project is the development of ultrasonic nondestructive testing methodology and portable systems for material joints quality characterization and in-process monitoring based on new approaches, and the application of new generation of NDE systems to two types of mater...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: AIARA /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
A slow production rate, rapid growth of air transportation and enormous backlog of new aircraft orders make the aerospace industry linger on traditional practices and prevents it from moving fast enough to adopt more efficient aircraft designs and advanced materials. An increased level of automation...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: APMC /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
New generations of gas turbine engines are striving to increase their operating temperature to yield greater energy efficiency in the engine cycle. Consequently, improved high performance thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) must be used to protect metallic components exposed to these high temperatures. ...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: VIRTAS /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
Enable the development of hybrid fuselage and wing structures under fatigue cycling and advanced test monitoring techniques - Fuselage and Wing metallic and composite Structure design - Optimized for Static and Fatigue cases - Simulation-aided prediction, planning and monitoring of tests - Scalable ...
Theme: AVIATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
Acronym: WE ESM /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
On a More Electric Aircraft, many large Variable Frequency Drives are used. Voltage rise times cause reflective wave issues and EMI issues due to high frequency switching and could also cause corona discharges. Project Objective: - Develop wiring electrical and finite element simu...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: AI-PAC /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
The use of RPAS (drones) in the construction and mining sectors has its share of problems in terms of integration into the work process: lack of standards during data collection, complexity in the analysis of these data and long delays before being able to make interventions according to the results...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: HSE /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
This project seeks to develop an innovative tool to support both the design and the evaluation of regulations and certification processes for single and multidrone technologies. The proposed solution will offer user-friendly functionalities to run drone operations within an ultra-realistic 3D simula...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: safeUTM /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
Our solution suite consists of several components that provide specialized features for making automated, semi-automated, or manual UAV operations much safer, while providing authorities and law enforcement bodies with the tools for oversight and control that can guarantee the compliance with their ...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: NADILE /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
DroneVolt Canada has recently launched a new drone product. This drone, the LineDrone, developed by Hydro-Québec, can land on high-voltage transmission lines to carry out various high-value direct contact non-destructive inspections without interruption of service. This drone is currently pil...
Theme: UAVs AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Acronym: DAADS /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
The main objective of the project is to demonstrate a Detection and Avoidance System (DAA) integrated into a Remote Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). This demonstration will allow NGC and its industrial partners Laflamme Aéro and CS Canada to increase the maturity of their respective technologi...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: IVVES /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
Evolving systems (ES) form a new class of systems that can rapidly change their behavior, due to fast iteration cycles in development and/or to their ability to self-adapt and learn; they can include ML-enabled components. Canadian services and industries have been deploying ES for non-critical doma...
Theme: AIRBORNE SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Acronym: NEXTGen SDAR /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The Next Generation Software Defined Avionics Radio (SDAR) for Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) project (NextGen SDAR) is to design, develop and integrate Software Defined Avionic modules (SDAM) into a single hardware unit through a robust and optimized architecture. To do that, t...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: LDCOMP /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
The objective of this project is to develop new inspection techniques based on emerging non destructive testing methods applied to composite parts in aerospace. The methods considered in this study are thermography, digital radiography, shearography and laser-ultrasounds.
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: HYPROP /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
There is considerable interest in the potential for hybrid-electric and electric propulsion systems to reduce emissions and operating cost. However, these systems introduce new failure modes and dynamics that need to be understood, simulated and tested, to be able to offer and eventually certify saf...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: LiBio /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
The LiBio project wants to enhance the passenger experience and comfort in business jets through the bionic design and functions integration of interior aircraft components. Combining additive manufacturing with topological optimization will lead to the fabrication of a prototype with a unique desig...
Theme: NEXT-GEN MANUFACTURING, TEST & MAINTENANCE
Acronym: MANU-1709_INTL /Status: Project in progress /Program: Maturing Technology
The presence of many different parts in aircraft involves the manufacture of small series of many parts. The majority of the composite parts, made of thermosetting composites, are heavy and their manufacture is very long and manual. In order to lighten the structural masses of aircraft and bring job...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: MANU-1719 /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
Reliability, safety and sustainability are all significant driving forces in the aerospace industry. Developments of new materials, processes and manufacturing steps, must meet these needs and also be economically viable. This proposal is focused on addressing these driving forces for a par...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: Ice Genesis /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
The 5-year Industrial Research Chair proposes a holistic research program towards aerothermodynamic analysis and design for transport aircraft. The Chair program objectives are to: i) strengthen Polytechnique Montréal's expertise in the study of aerothermodynam...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: DEEL /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
In order to improve processes efficiency and flight safety, aerospace industry is faced with real world problems that are difficult to resolve with classical approaches. Meanwhile, in recent years, artificial intelligence, more precisely machine learning, has made significant improvem...
Theme: INNOVATIVE DESIGN & SIMULATION
Acronym: AGILE4.0 /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
This project will develop a new generation of multidisciplinary design, analysis and optimization (MDAO) capabilities essential for the development of next generation aircraft. Next generation aircraft are characterized through increasing electrification: more electrical sub-systems, hyb...
Theme: AVIATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
Acronym: O2HPA /Status: Project in progress /Program: Exploring Technology
Un des aspects importants de la sécurité aérienne concerne l'entretien adéquat des pistes d'aéroports. Effectivement, tous types de contaminants solides ou liquides, du petit écrou à l'épaisse couche de neige peuven...
Theme: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE
Acronym: CompTruss /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
1. Accelerate thermoplastic pultrusion for aerospace structures 2. Develop high-speed stamp-forming of thermoplastic composites 3. Develop ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composites 4. Develop multi-material joining techniques for high load-transfer connections
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: SAM /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Maturing Technology
Through the cameras installed at ramps and aerobridges, Aeroport AI provides an AI solution that watches airport turnarounds in real time to understand what is happening and offers predictive analysis to better manage apron operations for airports, in the end it can speed up airport collaborative de...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: DETONATION /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
The objective of the project is to develop tools for rapid predictions of noise sources linked to flows on rotating machines using artificial intelligence techniques. These tools will be integrated into the industrial partner's Optisound software platform in order to respond more quic...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: PMT /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Maturing Technology
VOZWIN has designed a sub 350g UAV that can be flown in GPS denied space for 35 minutes, and we are furthering our technology by introduci...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: ENVIA /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
This project aims to ensure the safety of control systems based on machine learning. This project will enable the development of more autonomous, efficient and safe drones and aircraft.
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: SYCSI /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Maturing Technology
The SYCSI project brings together Thales Canada and Bombardier to demonstrate a state-of-the-art modular aircraft control platform. This cost-effective, high-performance platform will be the backbone of tomorrow's green and more autonomous aircraft and will consolidate the aerospace industry&...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: OCTA /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Maturing Technology
Maya HTT is currently developing a solution to automatically correlate complex thermal numerical models in order to improve the accuracy and reliability of those models and subsequently create reliable real-time numerical twins. The proposed project covers the research and development of this soluti...
Theme: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA VALORIZATION
Acronym: SEASAT /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Maturing Technology
The aim of the project is to set up a collaborative research project to develop and test a supervision tool for satellite integration rooms based on machine vision. In a context of retirement of experienced operators combined with the need to significantly increase production rates for new business ...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: MRFS+ /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
Magnetorheological fluid actuators are a new technology offering superior control performance to traditional hydraulic actuators while being lighter, cleaner, and less expensive. Although magnetorheological actuators are inherently reliable because they are free of positive mechanical contacts, t...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: EAP /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
The demand for cleaner business jets is growing due to the increasing number of companies implementing environmental initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint. This project aims to identify promising alternative propulsion technologies to reduce the environmental impact of business aircraft wh...
Theme: ENERGY EFFICIENCY & HYBRID PROPULSION
Acronym: CERAMIC /Status: Project in finalization - complete team /Program: Exploring Technology
Hybrid-electric propulsion requires clean and highly efficient new power sources to drastically exceed battery energy density and offset the additional cost of carbon neutral fuels such as hydrogen and synfuel. Exonetik turbogenerator, created in partnership with Université de Sherbrooke, has...