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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
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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
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- develop algorithms to predict its behaviour
- develop requirements, acceptance criteria and recommendations
for the design, manufacture, assembly and maintenance
of the laser-welded sandwich panels
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| Project
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
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- improved noise and vibration damping
- significantly improved crash resistance
- easy and fast assembly
- performant and easy to use design tool
- improved approval process of the laser-welded sandwich
panels
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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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Thomas Reinert
Jos. L. Meyer Werft
Postfach 15 55
26855 Papenburg
Germany
phone: +49 4961 814 893
eMail: Reinert@Meyerwerft.de
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