Project Initiator: European Union, DG Research, FP 6: activity area NMP

Project content:

In many industrial applications, noise and vibration are important problems. Control of sound and vibration has been and is always the subject of a lot of research in recent years, and examples of applications are now numerous.

The principal aim of this project is developing a vibration control technology to enable higher performance, less energy consuming and lighter weight structural systems. Vibration control technology involves reducing detrimental vibration in flexible structures by active and passive procedures. The project goal is to define the "best" models and techniques permitting to model, simulate, and validate the new development for a more efficient vibration control. The final research action will be devoted to a full scale testing of the obtained numerical and laboratory results. The development of vibration control systems will allow to extend the areas of application of multi-functional composite materials based on the advanced knowledge of vibration response.

Our project partners are

• _{Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxemburg}
• _{EADS Innovation Works (Corporate Research Centre), Suresnes, France}
• _{Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de Paris, France} 
• _{Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal} 
• _{Riga Technical University, Lettland} 
• _{Technical University of Turin, Italy}
• _{Université de Metz, France}
• _{Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium}