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WEather haZARDsfor aeronautics

Project 285050July 2011 - June 2013

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• An FP7 Coordinated Support Action to support and contribute to the preparation of future community research to enhance the robustness of the air transport system when faced with large scale, high impact weather hazards with particular focus on volcanic ash and icing (Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD), mixed phase or ice crystals).

• WEZARD will provide a comprehensive R&D roadmap that will identify the gaps between the needs and the ongoing research activities and define recommendations to establish future research priorities.

• This study should also identify and improve synergies that may emerge from already existing R&D projects or programs.

The aims of WEZARD

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• Set-up an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral network.

• Compile a list of the potential large scale, high impact weather hazards and their technical consequences on the aircraft (failures, damage, etc.).

• Perform a state of the art review of the research actions related to aeronautical weather hazards, in particular volcanic ash and icing.

• Perform an in-depth analysis which will identify the gaps in the available knowledge, the priority areas for improvements and the type of activity needed to develop a safer air transport system and therefore help to limit the effects of large scale, high impact events.

• Provide a consolidated recommendation and roadmap report validated by the main stakeholders of the aeronautics community.

• WP1: Strategic Supervision is to ensure momentum and strategic guidance of the project, consolidating the contributions in a common roadmap, coordinating with other actions of research and disseminating results inside and outside the WEZARD community.

• WP2: Aircraft Exposure & Robustness takes stock of the knowledge on volcanic ash and icing impacts on the airframe, engine and other systems and will identify required technology and capability developments routes.

• WP3: Meteo review and gap analysis of the capabilities, availability and dissemination of meteorological data related to volcanic ash and icing observations and forecasts, with the objective of developing a prioritised research and development roadmap.

• WP4: Procedures investigates the existing and needed evolution for safety standards and procedures necessary to ensure safe aircraft operation and to reduce the impact on the air traffic management.

• WP5: Scientific Support develops the capacity of the scientific community to better understand, observe, reproduce and simulate on hazardous particles supporting the assessment performed in WP2, WP3 and WP4.

Work Packages

Partners

Objectives of WEZARD

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• Airbus Operations SAS, FR

• Dassault-Aviation, FR

• Boeing Research & Technology

Europe SL, Spain

• Rolls-Royce PLC, UK

• Snecma SA, FR

• Thales Avionics SA, FR

• EUMETNET, BEL

• Office National d’Etude et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), FR

• German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

• EADS Innovation Work, Germany

• Italian National Research Council (CNR-IMAA), Italy

• DGA Essais Propulseurs, FR

• Civil Aviation Authority, UK