PI Login | Consortium Members Login

• Thermal (IR) Hartmann Wavefront sensing Technology for Structural Health Monitoring and defect detection of composite structure
  Aims to investigate the feasibility of applying Hartmann wavefront sensing technology for structural health monitoring and defect detection of composite structures.
   
• Laser Cleaning of an innovative, environmental-friendly and efficient laser cleaning processes for aircraft components
  Aims to develop environmentally friendly laser cleaning processes for removal of thermal barrier coatings, organic
  contaminants and paint from metal and composite components.
   
• Robotized Precision Finishing
  Aim to design and build a demonstrator that performs surface finishing of aerospace components.
   
• Sonic (resonance, pitch/catch, impedence) Techniques for One-Sided, In-Service Aircraft Structure Inspection
  Aim to study the feasibility of Sonic NDT techniques for detecting flaws in composite aircraft structures.

Second Cycle A*STAR AP Research Projects (started February 2009)

• Organic Nanoparticles enhanced erosion resistant coating
  Aims to develop novel organic nano-particles, functional polymers and the multi-phased covalent-bonded network thin layer for erosion-resistant aircraft coatings for usage at normal temperatures.
   
• Development of High Performance Erosive wear Resistant Nanocomposite coatings
  Aims to develop a high performance composite coating for erosion and corrosion protection of aero-engine
  compressor blades/vanes.
   
• Feasibility study on Laser Sintering Ceramic onto Ni-based alloy: A cost effective method to repair damaged aero engine components
  Aims at investigating the feasibility of laser sintering a crack-free ceramic layer of 100-200µm thick onto both new
  and used damaged Ni-based super-alloy component surfaces.
   
• Development of Powder Injection Molding for lightalloy for Aerospace Applications
  Aims at developing the technology for PIM of Ti alloy materials with low oxygen levels to achieve improved
  mechanical properties, especially elongation for a fatigue performance.
   
• Intelligent Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Network for Aircraft SHM and Diagnosis
  Aims to develop FBG sensor networks for SHM with the capability for prediction and monitoring of failures more
  accurately. This is to be made as a standalone intelligent CBM (condition-based maintenance) system.
   
• Real-time secure RFID-based track and trace in aerospace MRO supply chain
  Aims to develop a real-time secure RFID-based track and trace solution for aerospace MRO to achieve high operation efficiency, low cost, and high-performance security.

Third Cycle A*STAR AP Research Projects (started Feb 2010)

• Rapid Corrosion Inspection Using Millimeter Wave Technology
  Aims at developing a low cost system for real time monitoring for early corrosion detection. The technology used is non-destructive technology based on near-field millimeter wave (94 GHz) sensing for one side inspection
   
• Reduced Cure Time for Sealants and Adhesives
  Aims to develop a rapid curing sealant with a target curing time of one hour. Two approaches will be use. Firstly, an amine based accelerator and secondly, an e-beam.UV-curing approach will be used.
   
• Repair of Ni-base Alloy Components with High Ti/Al Composition Using Laser Aided Additive Manufacturing
  Aims to developing a laser based process for difficult to weld superalloys. To do this, a dual beam laser additive process using a powder with a near-substrate composition. The project also explores the possibility of a hybrid process using cold-spray and laser processing.
   
• Abrasive Flow Machining Process Modeling
  The project includes benchmarking of existing commercial systems. The work further aims at developing simulation tool for the prediction of removal rates in complex internal shapes and to design for external shapes.
   
• Reconfigurable Platform for Avionics & Communication
  Targets the development of a software defined radio platform for the next generation of in-cabin communication system. The technology is based on open source software framework and hardware with a multi-mode RF front-end.
   
• Modelling of Electromagnetic Interactions between Transmitters and Receivers in a Closed environment
  Targets to develop an efficient electro-magnetic simulation tool for radio coverage in a closed environment, as a cabin. The tool is to be used for future wireless services inside the aircraft

Fourth Cycle A*STAR AP Research Projects (started Feb 2011)

• Repair Of Compressor Airfoil With Controllable Grain Size
  Aims to develop a novel Laser Aided Additive Manufacturing (LAAM) process for the repair of compressor blades. The process is to be able to achieve comparable grain size to that of the original forged parts, as well as maintaining good repair efficiency and dimensional accuracy.
   
• Advanced Techniques For Handling Imbalanced And Unlabelled Data For Classification
  Aims to develop a novel machine learning algorithm to handle the imbalanced and unlabelled data for more accurate classification.
   
• Development Of Erosion Resistant Hydrophobic And Superhydrophobic Coatings For Metallic And Composite Surfaces
  Aims to examine and diagnose the failure mode of the existing hydrophobic and SHP coatings and to develop an erosion-resistant SHP coating for aircraft wing and empennage leading edges.
   
• Determination Of Kissing Bond In Composite Parts With Monolithic Or Sandwich Construction Using Millimeter Wave Technology
  Aims to establish a low cost, non-contact, real time NDT System using millimeter wave technology to detect a wide range of defects in composites such as kissing bond, de-lamination, and impact damage etc.
   
• Modeling Of Metal Shot Peening Process
  Aims to develop a faster and cost effective method to numerically simulate the coverage of the component in a metal shot peening process.
   
• Heat Damage Identification And Inspection Methods For Composites
  Aims to evaluate techniques for inspection of incipient heat damage in graphite epoxy structures; and correlate the mechanical properties of the heat damaged specimens with NDT results.
   
• Material Characterization & Energy Absorbing Curve Beam Optimization Through Simulation And Testing
  Aims to develop a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) based model to characterize the mechanical properties and optimize the design of composite beam impact loading through simulation and testing.
   
• Process Modeling And Simulation Of Vibratory Finishing Of Aero-Engine Airfoils
  Aims to establish an experimentally validated methodology of the modeling and simulation of vibratory finishing process so that it could be used effectively for process prediction and optimization.

Fifth Cycle A*STAR AP Research Projects (to be launched in Feb 2012)

• Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) for Airborne Networks
  Communication in airborne networks is extremely challenging due to intermittent links, high delay, and airborne network platform non-interoperability. The disruption-tolerant networking (DTN) paradigm can be employed to mitigate these challenges and enable reliable communications in airborne networks.

• Intelligent Inspection Tool
  Targets to develop an intelligent non-contact optical NDT tool to assist visual inspection of engine part surfaces using both dimensional and visual features.

• Aircraft Electrical Power Systems Self-Discovery
  Aims to identify reliable and fault tolerant topologies for the More Electric Aircraft and develop a smart algorithm on power management to reconfigure the power architecture. A simulation platform will be developed to evaluate and verify the topologies and the smart algorithm.

• Erosion Resistant Thermal Barrier Coating for Turbine Engine Components
  Aims to understand the erosion mechanism and further improve corrosion resistance of TBC using first principles calculations and plasticity theory.

• Development of High Reliability Package for Harsh Environment
  Develop high reliability electronic integrated module which operate up 225oC for aerospace applications.

• Conductive Composite Laminate
  Aims to develop a conducting carbon fiber reinforced composite laminate with inherent lighting protection characteristics and/or the ability to carry high currents to be applied as aircraft structures.

• Spallation Resistance Enhancement Technique for Thermal Barrier Coating
  Aims to understand the spallation mechanism of the thermal barrier coating and develop a process to enhance the spallation resistance of the thermal barrier coating.

• Improved Sealant and Adhesive Properties and Processes
  To identify new curing procedures for applying aerospace sealants and adhesives that meet aircraft requirements suitable for flight operations without degradation in long-term service performance.

• Automated Defect Detection in X-Ray CT Inspection
  This project aims to develop automated tools for defect detection and classification with known reliability in data sets generated using optimized X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning. The target application area is engine components.

• Laser Cleaning of Entire Vane Inclusive of Cooling Holes
  Aims to develop environmental-friendly laser cleaning process to demonstrate stripping of thermal barrier coating from entire vane, inclusive of the cooling holes.

• Development of Scarf Repair Techniques for Composite Structures End
  Aims to develop bonded patch approaches for reliable scarf repair of the damages occurred in the core and face sheet of aerospace composite structures.

  
  

  PI Login | Consortium Members Login