Development of high performance technology applied to Alinghi¿s America¿s 2007 Cup campaign- Part B: Advanced composite materials and structures

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 6972.2;10 EPRP-IW

Short description (German)

Development of high performance technology applied to Alinghi's America's Cup 2007 campaign-Part B: Advanced composite materials and structures

Short description (English)

Development of high performance technology applied to Alinghi¿s America¿s 2007 Cup campaign- Part B: Advanced composite materials and structures

Abstract (English)

The goals of the project are the development of novel techniques for designing, performance prediction, building, structural monitoring and analysing the next generation of high performance sailing yachts (Alinghi America¿s Cup). This project will thus require a strong inter-disciplinary effort, combining research in the areas of experimental and mathematical modelling of hydro and aerodynamic environment, research in the processing and joining of light and stiff composite structures, the development of structural health monitoring techniques, as well as video imaging for visualisation of sails and mast deformations in real-time. The present proposal deals with the second item, advanced composite materials.