Descripción del proyecto
Diseño de transmisiones más ligeras para vehículos eficaces en materia energética
La seguridad de un automóvil está relacionada con varios sistemas de seguridad integrados que añaden un peso extra al vehículo. Reducir el peso del vehículo sin comprometer la seguridad constituye una cuestión primordial conforme aumentan las demandas para ahorrar energía y reducir las emisiones. El objetivo del proyecto LIVE-I consistirá en rediseñar el sistema de transmisión por engranajes, que constituye el centro de diferentes funciones complejas e interdependientes en un vehículo. Para ello, modelizará nuevas estructuras y materiales, al mismo tiempo que prestará atención al ajuste de los niveles de ruido, vibración y dureza. LIVE-I también establecerá un programa de formación dirigido a investigadores noveles a fin de crear sistemas de transmisión por engranajes más eficaces.
Objetivo
For several decades, vehicles have seen their weight increase to meet more demanding requirements of safety and comfort. At the present time, manufacturers need drastically reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing any safety or comfort. Each vehicle element must be considered for weight reduction. In this regard, gear transmissions are a first choice candidate. They form a reliable, versatile, and efficient way to transfer power while representing a significant fraction of the vehicle’s mass. LIVE-I project main objective is to achieve breakthrough technological progress in the design of lightweight gear transmission and to build an innovative training network in order to educate early stage researchers in this hot topic. The technical objective of LIVE-I project is to demonstrate a significant weight reduction of transmission using advanced modeling tools and digital twins together with advanced materials and systems. This objective will be pursued along different ways, each starting with mass reduction and exploring ways to achieve compromises between weight, efficiency, noise and vibration impacts. The modeling will cope with physical complexities of the problem, connected to non-linearities, multi-scale character among others. The weight/NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness) and efficiency improvements of gear transmissions will be tackled by introducing new paradigms in the design of housing and components, using new meta-materials and meta-structures, studying the robustness of a given optimization with respect to real manufacturing conditions, developing smart concepts. Numerical simulations and experiments will be carried out to validate the solutions. In addition to the described technical approaches a tight integration of the individual ESRs into the overall research program is taken care of and a specific training plan devoted to their up to date education in gearboxes design and optimization is offered.
Ámbito científico
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
69134 Ecully
Francia