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ADVANCED COMPOSITE SANDWICH STEEL STRUCTURES in short SANDWICH
is a research project starting April 1, 2000
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AIMS
of SANDWICH project  |
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Development & improvement of lightweight structures is a continuous
challenge in particular for land & marine vehicles production.
SANDWICH will enhance the features and properties of metallic sandwich
structures by optimising their design, creating easy to assemble
structural joints and integrate additional functions into the panels.
The aim is to develop sandwich panels according to the specific
requirements of the transportation industries. Nonetheless, the
results will also be of major importance for the application of
metallic sandwich panels in other areas, like structural steel engineering,
bridges, offshore etc..
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The project consortium consists of the leading European experts
in the fields of research, development and application of laser
welded steel sandwich panels as well as composite lightweight solutions.
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Project targets
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- developing composite steel structural sandwich products tailored
for particular applications in land and sea transport environment
- enhance steel sandwich panels properties through different
fillings
- analyse the composite sandwich capabilities and
- develop algorithms to predict its behaviou
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yardsticks |
- weight reduction up to 50%
- 50% less space consumption
- enhanced fire safety and heat insulation
- reduction of manufacturing cost by accurate
pre-manufacturing
- flexible use through modular solutions for panels and joints
- improved noise and vibration damping
- significantly improved crash resistance
- easy and fast assembly
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| Project
team |
| J.L. Meyer Werft |
Ships- and Equipment-
Industry |
| MACOR |
| CETEC |
| Talgo- Transtech |
Railway Rolling Stock |
| Jünger |
Land Vehicles and Trailers |
| Helsinki University |
Properties testing
and algorithms development |
| TU Gdansk |
| TNO |
| KTH -Stockholm |
| INFERT GmbH |
| DNV |
Classification and approval |
| TXT |
Software development |
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| Further
Information |
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The SANDWICH consortium offers to industrial companies to share
their project results. These results are in particular
* Test reports
* Design solutions for SANDWICH Panels
* Calculation guidelines for Sandwich design solutions
* Access to the SANDWICH design tool
As a mechanism of know how transfer and discussion SANDWICH organises
two workshops per year for User Group members only. Further, User
Group members will receive exclusive and classified documentation
reflecting the current findings of the project.
User Group members will be invited to discuss and influence the
test-profiles, load cases as well as the selection of specimens
for testing through forwarding their particular requirements.
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Industrial companies can apply for a membership in the SANDWICH
USER GROUP. The SANDWICH consortium charges an annual fee of 10.000
EURO (25.000 EURO outside European Union (candidate states and associated
states for R&D are considered inside EU). Applications are valid
for the entire project duration of 36 months starting 1st April
2000. Later entries have to burden the fee for the entire period.
Companies can retract from the USER GROUP whenever the wish, payment
of the User Group Fee is then limited the project years before and
including the date of retraction (project year: April to April).
Applications are subject of approval by the SANDWICH project assembly.
For applications please use the attached SANDWICH Application Form.
After the approval of your application though the SANDWICH Project
Assembly you will receive a SANDWICH User Group Contract for signature.
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| Contact
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Dr. Frank Roland
Jos. L. Meyer Werft
Postfach 15 55
26855 Papenburg
Germany
phone: +49 4961 814 617
eMail: Roland@Meyerwerft.de
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