ASSET: Application of smart structures in engineering technology

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 99.0020-2

Key words (English)

Smart structures; sensors; actuators; structures; fiber optic sensors

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: BRRT-CT98-5067

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 2.1 Industrial and materials technologies

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: University of Strathclyde (UK)

Abstract (English)

The ASSET project aims to bring together technological expertise and applications requirements to accelerate the realization of smart structures in Europe. It is designed as a network of experts from the different technology areas and is designed to foster exchange of information and ideas and to encourage the launch of other application-oriented EU projects.
'Smart Structures' describe a structural entity - be it a bridge, dam, highway or building from civil engineering, an oil tanker or a racing yacht from marine engineering, a train or automobile in ground transportation, an aircraft or space vehicle from aerospace, or a pipeline or oil recovery platform from the energy sector - which incorporates within its fabric sensory and actuation systems linked and controlled through advanced signal processing and designed to enhance structural functionality.
Internal reports were issued on the following themes:
· Micromechanical Sensor
· Guided Wave Optical Sensor Technologies
· Guided Wave Optical Figures
· Software Tools and Processing Algorithms
· Sensor Expertise
· Actuator Report
The ASSET Network has organized a public workshop and demonstrator show at the Presqu'île de Giens, France on 21-23 May 2002.
SMARTEC contributed to the workshop with a keynote presentation and a demonstrator on the SOFO technology.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 99.0020-2