Research projects

2D composites research at Chalmers

This project will target research activity on composites containing graphene and other 2-dimensional materials (2DM), to be carried out at Chalmers University of Technology. Our...
3D printed nodes for structural steelwork connections in civil engineering and architecture

The development and implementation of digitally controlled production are key drivers for industry. High quality of design, function and durability are sought together with efficient...
3DPrintPlus

The project information is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden) University West (Academic, Sweden) University West (Publisher, Sweden)
3D-Silver

This information is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Scania CV AB (Private, Sweden) ATS AB (Private, Sweden) GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Combitech (Private...
4S Stragies and standards for Smart Swedish Industry

Initiatives related to industrial digitalisation are ongoing around the globe. Also for Sweden, digitalisation and the concept of Smart industry is of importance. The Swedish...
5GEM - 5G-Enabled Manufacturing

The 5G-Enabled Manufacturing (5GEM) project will create a pilot production system for world- class industrial manufacturing based on wireless and mobile 5G-communication. Fifth...
5G-Enabled Manufacturing II (5GEMII)

A vital part of the rapidly increasing industrial digitalisation of manufacturing industries is the connectivity. Ability to connect machines, sensors, people, and supporting ICT...
A framework for the physics-based estimation of tool wear in machining process

This information is only available in English.Partner organizations Lund University (Academic, Sweden) RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Research Institute, Sweden)
A future without drivers?

Background A sustainable transport system is argued to be a fossil free system, based on the idea of shared mobility in which autonomous vehicles (AVs) could play an essential role...
A Model for predictive assessment of cognitive workload - PreKo

The aim of the PreKo project is to support operator well-being and overall system performance in manual assembly by developing predictive assessment models that help ensure a socially...
A Pan‐European Network of Robotics DIHs for Agile Production (DIH2)

DIH2 is a network of 26 DIHs, with a target to reach over 170 DIHs. The sole aim of the network is to spark incremental (cut 50% cost of advance robotics solutions, double the growth...
A shell theory based on two-phase porous media for process modeling of structural composites

Processimulering av tunnväggiga kompositmaterial Avancerade kompositmaterial består av extremt starka fibrer sammanbundna av plast. De tillhör våra absolut starkaste, lättaste och...
A simulation based guide to machinability assessment

We are concerned with the development of a machinability guide implemented based on virtual simulations, integrating inter-disciplinary research in the areas of metal cutting...
A Strategy for Adaptive Scale-Bridging in Computational Material Modeling

The proposed project concerns the further development and refinement of a strategy for adaptive scale-bridging in the modeling of micro-heterogeneous composites. Such scale-bridging...
A time-efficient element formulation for FRP allowing multiple delamination and intralaminar failure...

This thesis aims to provide a kinematical representation of delamination in Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) combining the accuracy and the computational efficiency necessary for the...
A User Perspective on Product Life-Cycles

The objective of the project is to develop methods and tools to support companies to develop cirkular products and services, that benefit companies, consumers, and the...
Adaptive Delamination Modelling with Isogeometric analysis REpresentation (ADMIRE)

Delamination is considered the most detrimental failure mechanism in laminated fibre-reinforced composites. The ability to accurately predict the onset and propagation of delamination...
Adaptive Non Destructive Testing of Additive Manufacturing

Information about this project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Additive Manufacturing of Tooling for Flexible Production and Optimised Product Properties

AMtoFlex will strengthen the competitiveness of the Swedish manufacturing industry through improved production flexibility in the tooling manufacturing industries by novel design...
Additive Manufacturing using Metal Pilot Line (MANUELA)

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) allows, by enabling use of advanced design, production of high added value components, at levels that cannot be reached with conventional...
Advanced characterization of new cellulose-based melt-processed materials for disposable packaging

Purpose and goal: The goal was to identify existing infra-structure for high resolution scattering techniques for in-situ studies on cellulose, or if non-existing, design these...
Advanced characterization of new insulation materials for next generation of HVDC power cables

Modern high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables insulated by crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) are the critical components in integrating renewable energy sources to the grid of...
Advanced rheological characterization of CNC based systems

Processing, e.g. extrusion, injection molding, typically involves rheologically complex materials in complex flow configurations. The deformation history therein experienced by...
AIMMIT - Automotive Integration of MultiModal Interaction Technologies

New interaction technologies enable alternatives to the traditional, mostly visual-manual, modalities. A user interface that combines traditional and new modalities may be both safer...
AKTA - Automation of Kitting, Transport and Assembly

The choice of automation solution depends on the automation strategies of the company, as well as on parameters such as process layout, product complexity, routing- and recourse...
Alarm system in process industry from a resilient engineering perspective

The aim of this project is to analyse alarm system used in process industry from a human factors and resilient engineering perspective. Interviews, observations and focus groups are...
Alloy development for High Temperature applications using high entropy concept, II

In the pre-study project (ALigHT) we successfully implemented the concept of high entropy alloys (HEAs) to modify commercial IN718 superalloy and improve its specific strength at up...
AMIRA P009P, Mineral processing

P9P will deliver a more comprehensive range of models, as compared to P9O, as well as the standards and techniques for particle characterisation (composition and spatial arrangement...
Analys med manikin för bättre geometrisk kvalitet vid manuell montering (AMIGO)

The goal of the project is to analytically determine the level of complexity for manual assembly operations to achieve better geometric quality with the help of a manikin. The...
Analysis and Modelling Service for Engineering Materials Studied with Neutrons

Neutron diffraction offers unique possibilities for in-situ analysis of engineering materials under conditions representative of manufacturing processes and service. Instruments at...
Anglo American Centre for Sustainable Communication - Core Research Project 1-3

See Swedish site for more information.
AProC - Automated Process Controll BIW

The aim is to develop effective methods for quality verification regarding geometry variations in body in white (BIW). The project will develop methods and tools for automated in-line...
Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange (AEOLIX)

Supply chain visibility supported by easy access to, and exchange and use of relevant and abundant logistics-related information is an important prerequisite for the deployment of...
Assessment of Passenger Safety in Future Cars

Car passenger safety is of increased importance and complexity, moving tow ards higher degree of automated vehicles, car sharing and taxis. Assessment methods for passenger restraint...
Återvinning av insamlad plast från förpackningar

See Swedish site for more information.
Attraktiv utformning av BRT-fordon och hållplatser (stationer, infra) utifrån resenärsperspektiv...

Information only available in swedish.Partner organizations Scania CV AB (Private, Sweden) SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden) Karlstad University...
AUX - Automotive User Experience

This project will research the User Experience (UX) of the vehicle HMI. UX concerns a user’s subjective response to a product and is becoming increasingly important to the buyer as...
Big Data Value Spaces for COmpetitiveness of European COnnected Smart FacTories 4.0 (BOOST 4.0)

EFFRA recommendations on Factories 4.0 and Beyond (Sept 2016) clearly stated the need for development of large scale experimentation and demonstration of data-driven “connected smart”...
Bigi-Lean

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Biofouling heat exchangers. A Neptune project.

EPFF uses weak electromagnetism to prevent or reduce biofilm in pipes for drinking water and beverages, reducing or removing the need for harmful chemicals that are otherwise used...
Biomekanisk belastning vid utövande av brädsport på vatten

Brädsport på vatten, såsom kitesurfing, utövas både som rekreationsidrott och tävlingsidrott. De discipliner som ingår i tävlingsverksamheten handlar om att uppnå högsta möjliga...
Bio-waste to Energy – Facilitating collection of bio-waste in apartment buildings

This project aims to compare variations of existing waste sorting facilities in apartment buildings in Gothenburg, in order to suggest improvements that may facilitate sorting...
Bio-waste to Energy – Facilitating collection of bio-waste in apartment buildings

This project aims to compare variations of existing waste sorting facilities in apartment buildings in Gothenburg, in order to suggest improvements that may facilitate sorting...
Bridging the Gap: Children and Planners Co-Creating the Urban Space

Aim: The project will result in a state of the art and research application concerning the theme of how children can have more substantial impact on urban development. It focuses on...
Building and verifying the dynamic and static behavior of Li-Ion battery cells

The aim is to enhance the theory modelling of Li-Ion battery cells. The specific target with this research effort is to use, well known electrode materials and compare experimental...
Business model for innovative Agroforestry

Development of a business model for innovative agroforestry development and business development in periurban areas in Western Sweden including Gothenburg City.Partner...
CDIO

The CDIO initiative focuses on implementing the entrepreneurial thinking into technical programmes, whose students are often very technically skilled and know how to solve...
Characterization of crack initiation and propagation in anisotropic material (CHARMEC MU35)

An anisotropic and aligned microstructure is found in the surface layer of pearlitic railway rails and wheels, formed in operation by rolling contact fatigue (RCF) loading. The...
ClimaDye

The main objective is to analyse the sustainability performance of water-free biofibre dyeing from a life-cycle perspective, including: -environmental effects -effects on humans...
Climate-KIC Building Technologies Accelerator – Smart Sustainable Offices (SSO)

Throughout Europe, 1.3 billion square metres of useful office space are poorly optimised. These spaces account for 26% of total energy usage, with over 1.2 million people spending...
Combined Mobility Roadmap Sweden - KOMPIS

The purpose of the project is to support the development of combined mobility, also called Mobility as a Service - Maas, by creating favorable conditions and reduce barriers to the...
Compact and energy-efficient transmissions - steering and prediction of behaviour of functional...

Det övergripande målet med projektet är att: - Utveckla simuleringsmetodik för inkörningssimulering av transmissioner med given form, yttopografi och ytstruktur, för mer robust och...
COMPLEX - Support for Operation and Man-Hour Planning in Complex Production

This project will develop generic models and methods to support strategies, planning, managing, and optimizing of complex production. The added complexity is studied and a definition...
Compressive failure of complex NCF composite structures

The current research project is carried out in response to an industrial need of cost-effective CFRP components in load carrying parts of the engine. The preferred route is an...
Computational modeling of crystal plasticity and intergranular decohesion coupled to stress-assisted...

The proposed project concerns the modeling and simulation of plasticity, damage and fracture in high-temperature polycrystalline alloys, such as Ni-based alloys used in gas turbine...
Computational modelling of ductile fracture on multiple geometrical scales

Huvudsyftet med det aktuella projektet är att utveckla en verklighetstrogen och beräkningseffektiv modell för simulering av brott i metaller som utsätts för stora töjningar. Den...
Computational Multiscale Modeling of Seepage and Deformation in Fluid-Filled Porous Media

Många tekniskt viktiga material kan betraktas som porösa media där porsystemet är helt eller delvis fyllt av vätska och/eller gas. Exempel är geologiska material, pulvermaterial under...
Configuration Rule Management

A configurable product platform is an efficient way to handle a wide range of product variation and offering and at the same time utilize a limited number of parts and components. To...
Configuration Rule Management

A configurable product platform is an efficient way to handle a wide range of product variation and offering and at the same time utilize a limited number of parts and components. To...
Consortum for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)

The CHEOPS (Consortium for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System) is a challenging space project that proposes to develop three different Hall Effect Thruster (HET) Electric...
Creation of Muscle Manikin (CROMM)

Objective and Goal The project aim is to develop a user friendly simulation and visualisation tool that can be used within production engineering for design, optimisation and...
DAIMP - Data Analytics in Maintenance Planning

This project aims to increase the use of big data analytic in maintenance planning. The current availability in Swedish industry is too low for implementing digital production...
DAIMP - Data Analytics in Maintenance Planning

This project aims to increase the use of big data analytic in maintenance planning. The current availability in Swedish industry is too low for implementing digital production...
Damage Tolerance and Durability of Structural Power Composites

This joint proposal between Imperial College London, Chalmers and KTH Universities to investigate truly multifunctional materials: structural power composites in which the...
DAMP-VMMS, Data Analytics and Maintenance Preparedness – Volvo Maintenance Management System

The purpose of the project is to investigate and develop a model for criticality classification of production resources from a maintenance perspective. Advanced data analytics and...
Data based automated manufacturing control of fabricated components

To meet the increasing demand on reduced fuel consumption, noise, cost and weight of jet engines, the use of fabrication, where several smaller parts are joined through welding is a...
Data Driven User Experience - DDUX

Purpose and goal: The goal with the project is to develop new methods for enhance understanding of the driver support systems cruise control, adaptive cruise control and pilot assist...
Data Driven UX

By analyzing multiple car signals regarding traffic context, driver activities, and function usage (PA and ACC) it is possible to not only understand the frequency, location and...
Data-driven disturbance handling (D3H)

The major effect goal of the Data-driven disturbance handling project is to digitalize established disturbance handling tools by making them data-driven and, thus, more effective...
Decision support for early estimation of costs of poor quality

To be competitive in a global context, Swedish manufacturers need to improve their efficiency and reduce costs. As much as 10-40% of a company's total turnover is quality costs. The...
Defect formation during welding and their effect on mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V and...

Welded structures and components are prerequisites for cost effective manufacturing of aero engine parts. A main objective of this project is to explain why pores/defects are formed...
Delprojekt 1 Digitala Stambanan

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Teknikföretagen (Other, Sweden) Blue Institute (Private, Sweden) Mälardalens högskola (Academic, Sweden) SICS Swedish ICT...
Demonstrating and testing smart digitalisation for sustainable human-centred automation in production

The project includes three testbed-based projects that will evaluate and validate new user-adapted and digital solutions for information sharing, work instructions, and resource...
Demonstration of Infrastructure for Digitalization enabling industrialization of Additive...

Purpose and goal: DIDAM develops and demonstrates priority parts of the digital infrastructure required to industrialize Additiv Tillverkning (AM). Manufacturers, suppliers of digital...
DENSE

This information is only available in Swedish.
Design av nya material och processer för nästa generations additiv tillverkning

Syfte och mål:Syftet med projektet (DEMA) är att öka grundläggande förståelse av stelningsförloppet vid additiv tillverkning (AM) samt vår förmåga att prediktera mikrostrukturen...
Design for Circular Consumption

This project explores how companies can be supported to design products and services for circular consumption. We do so by making use of the Use2Use Design Toolkit - a set of five...
Design For Manufacturing – methods for improved aerospace components manufacturing

The project aims to integrate and further develop a number of methods for evaluating different aspects of manufacturability. This integration is quantified with a common metric to...
Design for Performance

Next generation aero engines meet an increasingly complext set of requirements including increased expectations on energy efficiency, and environmental friendliness, while at the same...
Design for performance – advanced powerplant architecture and integration

The next generation of aircraft engines will meet an increasingly complex set of requirements including higher goals on energy efficiency and environmental friendliness, as well as...
Design for performance – advanced powerplant architecture and integration

The next generation of aircraft engines will meet an increasingly complex set of requirements including higher goals on energy efficiency and environmental friendliness, as well as...
Design of button pressing sound

Information about this project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Research Institute, Sweden)
Designing Everyday Energy Resilience

The products we use in everyday life are increasingly electrical and connected. We are thus also becoming more dependent on a very reliable electricity and internet supply. At the...
Designing for appropriate trust between driver and AV - TRUST

The project: The project: - studies what factors influence people’s trust in AVs, including the design of interaction between driver/user and vehicle; - investigates how to support...
Designing metamaterials for mechanical invisibility cloaks

Kan Harry Potter gömma sig för ultraljud och jordbävningsvågor? De senaste tio åren har intresset för osynlighet nått nya höjder. Detta beror inte bara på Harry Potter, utan har också...
Developing Superior Ultrahigh-Temperature Alloys than Superalloys (SUTA)

See Swedish site for more information.
Development of a new rheometer system at MAX IV

The basic idea is to design a modular and flexible rotational rheometry system for CoSAXS and ForMAX allowing for most of the rheological experiments currently possible at the...
Development of analysis models for thermomechanical fatigue

In order to reduce fuel consumption the current trend is towards engines with decreased displacement and high specific power which increases the thermal load on the material. This...
Development of EBM-fabricated titanium alloy parts for high performance leightweighting

Purpose and goalThe project focuses on electron beam melting (EBM) for Ti alloy in both aerospace and biomedical application as a means of high performance light weight design. The...
Development of efficient DIgital product FAMily design platform to increase cost efficiency - DIFAM

Purpose and goal: The purpose of the project is to support the national aerospace industry to meet challenging and neccessery sustanability targets and at the same time ensure quailty...
Development of graphene-based antibacterial surface for medical devices - Effective, safe and...

Healthcare-related infections are a serious global problem, adding approximately € 7 billion annually in direct costs to European healthcare. The majority of these infections can be...
Development of Interdisciplinary Assessment for manufacturing and deSign (DIAS)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research Institute, Sweden) University of Cambridge (Academic, United Kingdom)
Development of Novel Lightweight High-Temperature Materials

Reducing the density for high-temperature alloys, or superalloys, is of critical importance for the aerospace and marine industry, as lighter superalloys can greatly improve the fuel...
Development of Simulation Capability and Advanced Process Models for Rock Material, Ore, and Mineral...

The project aims to increase knowledge of how production processes for aggregates, minerals and mining industry works and how productivity and final product quality can be improved...
Development of weldability assessment and understanding of hot cracking in boiler and gas turbine...

There are a large number of welds in the Swedish bolier plants and gas turbines which add complexity to the situation in terms of e.g. welded materials that may encounter cracking...
DIG IN - Digitalized Wellbeing

There is many oppotunities but also many challenges with the emerging new technology. To handle future production systems means that you have to be able to to successfully manage the...
DigiRoad Simulation of handling and compaction of unbound aggregates in road construction

The DigiRoad project aims at increasing the productivity, quality and service life of Swedish roads through simulation of crushed unbound rock material and its interaction with...
Digital experiments -methods to evaluate alternative technolgies in early phases

The project build on the findings in the virtual demonstrator project VITUM and aim to bridge the gap in maturity of alternative technologies using so called generative modelling...
Digital Industrial Infrastructure for the Digital Single Market - a prestudy

The project is a pre-study that will analyze how advanced, digitized infrastructure can connect suppliers, nodes and larger industries in digitized value chains.Partner...
Digital lärplattform för den smarta digitala fabriken (edig)

The E-DIG project aims at developing a digital learning platform to enhance digitalization skills among employees in Swedish industry. The goal is to create a web-based flexible...
Digital platform twin - DPT

This project aim to create necessary preconditions for reusing data gathered from systems in use and relate to previous designs. In this way, new products can be assessed based in...
Digital tvilling för utveckling och installation av produktionssystem - DIP

Syfte och målSystem- och linjebyggare har stort behov att minska kostnader, tidsåtgång och problem när de modellerar, utformar och installerar produktionsutrustning. Med teknik och...
Digital Twin for Geometry Assured Production

Description only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Wingquist laboratory (Centre, Sweden) Rd&T Technology Ab (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) GKN Aerospace...
Digital value chain for geometry data management (DigiGeo )

Increased digitization creates new opportunities for the Swedish manufacturing industry. This project focuses on what data is required for variation simulation and visualization for...
Digitala Stambanan

Sverige är ett av världens mest konkurrenskraftiga exportländer. Men den industriella digitaliseringen förändrar förutsättningarna för alla. Därför behöver svensk industri snabbt...
Digitalisation of the additive manufacturing production chaing to create efficiency (DINA++)

Only available in SwedishPartner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) SICS Swedish ICT AB (Private, Sweden) Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research Institute...
Digitalisering av komplett produktionsflöde - en förutsättning för additiv tillverkning (DINA)

Information only available in EnglishPartner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Saab Aeronautics (Private, Sweden) Swerea (Private, Sweden)
Digitalisering av tillverkningsflödet av Additiv Tillverkning i Sverige (DiSam)

DiSAM kommer att stärka konkurrenskraften hos svensk tillverkningsindustri genom att både öka produktionsflexibiliteten och reducera tiden till marknadsintroduktion. Detta realiseras...
Digitalization tool for increased resource usage in WEEE (WEEE Digit)

Recycling of electronic waste is a challenging task on the path to sustainability. Aside the technical challenges on this path, recycling actors also require feasible frameworks...
Digitalized Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (DiLAM)

DiLAM will strengthen the competitiveness of the Swedish manufacturing industry through improved production flexibility and quicker time-to-market. With focus on customer needs, this...
Digitalized Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (DiLAM)

DiLAM will strengthen the competitiveness of the Swedish manufacturing industry through improved production flexibility and quicker time-to-market. With focus on customer needs, this...
Dimensioneringsmetodik för tryckbelastad NCF komposit (KOMPRESS II)

Tillförlitlig och rationell dimensionering av flygmotorkomponenter i komposit kräver att nya materialmodeller och beräkningsmetoder utvecklas. Snäva trappningar av armeringen krävs...
DIPPA (DIgitalisation of Product- and Production design to increase Automation)

Trots bra förutsättningar så ökar inte antalet installationer av kollaborativa robotar inom slutmontering i svensk industri. Högsta automationsgrad finns tidigt i kedjan, ju närmare...
Disposal of graphene-containing coatings on large surfaces for various functional applications

The long-term ambition is to establish a financial deposit of a new class of graphene-containing large area coatings, with varying matrix material: ceramic, metallic and...
DRONT - Driver response to transient disturbances on vehicles

The overall aim of this postdoc project is to develop further knowledge on the driver’s performance when being exposed to transient forces. Situations to be considered are when the...
Ductile and Oxidation Resistant Ultrahigh-Temperature Materials

The current project is dedicated to improving the energy efficiency of aerospace and power-generation gas-turbine engines, by enabling engine materials to operate at higher...
Ductile fiber reinforced composites

Fibre composites are more weight efficient than metals since they have much better structural properties per unit weigh. This can enable significant weight reductions of cars. But...
Dynamisk människa-automation interaktion (DYNAMITE)

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations University of Skövde (Academic, Sweden) University of Skövde (Publisher, Sweden) Scania CV AB (Private...
Ecoprodigi (Eco-efficiency to maritime industry processes in the Baltic Sea Region through...

ECOPRODIGI kick-starts international industry-academia collaboration by bringing together the actors most relevant in developing and piloting eco-efficiency solutions to the maritime...
EcoProIT - Ecologic and Economic Product Impact Assessment

The main objective in EcoProIT is to:Enable measurement and evaluation of environmental footprint during the lifecycle of a product. The objective has two goals: To enable...
EcoProIT - Ekologisk och Ekonomisk produkt-påverkansberäkning

See Swedish site for more information.
Effective Value Chains for Development of Premium Products

In this project, advanced collaboration platforms (Collaborative Working Environment, CWE) for two companies facing similar challenges regarding their segment of premium products...
Effektiv ÅTERtillverkning genom användning av leanprinciper och PROUKTlivscykeldata (ÅTER PRODUKT)

Purpose and aimThe purpose of this project is to develop supporting methods for the implementation of lean principles and effective use of product lifecycle data increasing the...
Effektiv och uthållig naturstensproduktion

Information only available in swedishPartner organizations Emmaboda Granit AB (Private, Sweden) Hallindens granit (Private, Sweden) Stenindustrins Forskningsinstitut AB (StenForsk)...
Effektiva värdekedjor för framtagning av premiumprodukter

In this project, advanced collaboration platforms (Collaborative Working Environment, CWE) for two companies facing similar challenges regarding their segment of premium products will...
Efficient design methodology for composite vehicle structures through numerical simulations

Datorstödd utvecklingsmetodik för framtidens fordon i lättviktsmaterial. EU´s lagkrav för bilar som säljs efter 2020 innebär att en kraftig sänkning av bilarnas koldioxidutsläpp är...
ELISE - Electric Air Transport In Sweden

This project creates a plan for the development and utilization of electric aircraft in Sweden. It is a collaboration between Chalmers, RISE Viktoria, QRTECH and the Civil Aviation...
En simuleringsbasead guide för prediktion av skärbarhet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden)
Enabling REuse, REmanufacturing and REcycling Within INDustrial systems (REWIND)

To remain competitive on the global market, industry is continuously improving economic, social and environmental performance. The REWIND project seeks to take advantage of current...
Enabling REuse, REmanufacturing and REcycling Within INDustrial systems (REWIND)

The REWIND project combines the principles of lean production and eco-efficiency in three industry pilots at Stena Recycling, Volvo AB and IKEA GreenTech. The objective is to retain...
Energieffektiv sönderdelning inom gruvindustrin

Information only available in swedish
Establish 2D composite research at Chalmers

In order to empower Chalmers as a key player for the research on graphene-based 2D composites, the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation will invest SEK 15 million in the next...
European Bus Systems of the Future 2 (EBSF 2)

The European Bus System of the Future 2 (EBSF_2) project builds on the former EBSF. It aims to develop a new generation of urban bus systems by means of new vehicle technologies and...
Eutectic high entropy alloys: a promising new class of high temperature alloys

See Swedish site for more information.
FAD- Facilitating User Studies at a Distance

The project aims at a better understanding of how User studies can be performed while maintaing social distancing. The project is performed as a series of small experiments tryning...
FAKTA - Flexible Automation of Kitting Transport and Assembly

Increased knowledge is needed about efficient design and control of automation in food management systems. FACTS aims to support the design and control of high performance automated...
Felhandlingar inom skogs- och sågverksindustrin

Information about the project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden)
FFI OFP4p Non-destructive characterization concepts for production

Information about this project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Swerea KIMAB (Private, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)...
Fixoteket - Neighbourhood mini-recycling and reuse centres

This innovation project aims at generating knowledge on how mini-recycling and reuse centres can work as meetingspaces and teaching centers for the local community. The idea is that...
Flexible Additive Manufacturing of Functional Copper-based Products

The aim of the project is to contribute to the utilization of emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing as enablers for innovative products and process solutions and faster...
För en svensk nod i KIC Value added manufacturing

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Research Institute, Sweden) Teknikföretagen (Other, Sweden)
Förstudie: Utveckling av lokala elektrokemiska deponeringsmetoder för återtillverkning

See Swedish site for more information.
Framtida visualisering för innovativa former - en studie av formgivningsprocessen

Information only available in Swedish
Framtidens rymdfabrik II

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Ruag Space AB (Private, Sweden)
Friction control through surface texturing (FriText)

Purpose and goalThe main objective of the project is to determine the surface texturing method to control the coefficient of friction and surface protection against wear, in order to...
From Waste to Resources – A Design Perspective on Closing the Resource Loops

Several studies to improve Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) handling through design and participation aim to change the current waste handling system to closed-loop resource management...
Front-end & Back-end Development of PET Interface - The Smart Energy Future in Private Homes

Information about the project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Göteborg Energi AB (Private, Sweden) Tieto Sweden AB (Private, Sweden)
FUDVI - Framtida layouter av förarplatser och visuell information i lastbilar

Information only available in swedishPartner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Future Layouts for Driver Positions and Visual Information in Trucks (FUDVI)

The overall aim of the FUDVI project – Future Layouts for Driver Positions and Visual Information in Trucks– was to develop further knowledge on drivers’ (choice of) driving posture...
Future manufacturing of space components

Indications from the space industry state a change in matter of costs, volumes and lead time for communication satellites. Constellations involving hundreds, or even possibly...
GARFIEID - Gamification of Automation stRategies For InDustry 4.0

GARFIEID intends to get a strategic consensus on automation strategies and involvement of staff by implementing digital learning tools in the form of an innovative gaming platform...
Geometry optimized adhesive joining II focused on assembly of components

Purpose and goal: The aim of the project was to develop the technique for geometrically optimized adhesive bonding with a focus on the assembly of entire components to reach a system...
GeoVar: Non-rigid geometry variation for fabricated aero engine structure

Concept and objectivesGreen and sustainable aero engines require weight reduction. For the open rotor technology, with rotating Ni-based superalloy components this is enabled by...
Global Assembly Instruction Strategies (GAIS) 2

Companies are getting more and more global in order to be closer to the end-market. This put great demands in a well-structured information system. Earlier research shows that there...
Global Assembly Instruction Strategy (GAIS)

The aim is to strengthen Swedish production development, by developing new techniques and standards for smart information and communication systems and mobile support tools. GAIS will...
Global Comminution Collaborative (GCC)

The Global Comminution Collaborative is a collaborative research effort to address the challenges of sustainable comminution in the mining industry. The Collaborative’s members...
GO:SMART

The project develops prerequisites for the implementation of an innovative service for sustainable transportation of people in urban environments. The results from three sub-projects...
Graphene Coated Optical Fiber

This project studies coating of the optical fibers, using advances in Nano technology. In particular, we want to investigate if the unique properties of graphene can be used to...
Graphene cOmposites FOR advanced drinking WATER treatment

Purpose and goal: End goal of GO-FOR-WATER is to develop filters based on graphene-oxide composites for the simultaneous removal of ECs from drinking water, to be integrated in...
Graphene enhanced adhesives for spot welding

In order to combine high performance and lightweight technology, modern automotive car bodies include a wide range of materials, e.g. mild steel, boron steel, aluminium, metal...
Green manufacturing: Creating high strenght metal matrix structures-II (HybridSurd-II)

HYBRIDSURF II intends to evaluate the potential of introducing a completely new approach for hard turning, where the disadvantages of the process i) control of (minimize) dimensional...
Green manufacturing: Creating high strength metal matrix structures (HYBRIDSURF)

Purpose and goal: HYBRIDSURF intended to evaluate the potential of introducing a totally new approach for hard turning, where the inherit disadvantages like i) control of (minimizing)...
Grindability of recycled steel: automotive crankshafts

Information is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
Growth of rolling contact fatigue cracks (CHARMEC MU38)

Fatigue crack growth, and especially rolling contact fatigue (RCF) crack growth, is the major deterioration factor and one of the foremost cost drivers in railway operations...
Healthy and thriving workplaces – Physical work environment with special focus on loading ergonomics

Detta projekt är ett expertuppdrag från Myndigheten för Arbetsmiljökunskap (Mynak) som kommer att mynna ut i en samling av kunskapssammanställningar inom olika aspekter av temat...
Hetisostatisk pressning av PM-komponenter med atmosfärskontroll

Att tillverka metallkomponenter via pulvermetallurgisk teknik (PM) är en resurseffektiv metod som ger färdig form med få processteg. Goda egenskaper uppnås om komponenten förtätas med...
High performance and scalable tailored graphene - polyolefin nanocomposites

The development of scalable procedures and material compositions for a novel class of high performance graphene - polyolefin nanocomposites will be pursued in this project. The...
HiPerCOAT: Högpresterande beläggningar för att bekämpa erosionsdrivna skador i kraftverk.

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations MH Engineering (Private, Sweden) Höganäs (Private, Sweden) University West (Academic, Sweden) University West (Publisher...
HJT-Hybrid Joining Test bed for smart production

Purpose and goal: The goal of Hybrid Joining Testbed is to achieve the smart factory´s ability to create flexible production with simulation and programming in a digital twin that...
HMI design for automated vehicles - HATric

There is a lack of knowledge regarding design principles for the design of user interfaces or HMI in partially as well as fully automated driving. There is a need for deeper...
Home Energy Management (HEM)

As part of the Building Technology Accelerator, the HEM project develops a multilayered energy consumption prediction tool that has a high resolution in time (e.g. explaining the...
Implementing CDIO in Raw Materials Sector (CDIO2)

The project objective is to continue implementation of CDIO (Conceive Design Implement Operate) in the typical technical MSc programmes related to Raw Materials (RM). Implementing...
Increased innovation competence

Information only available in Swedish
Increasing the innovation capacity in healthcare

Region Västra Götaland (VGR) has identified a need to develop the skills in design-driven innovation methods among its netw ork of innovation practitioners. The purpose of the project...
Increasing yield on Tungsten and Tantalum ore production by means of advanced and flexible control...

Modern economy is highly dependent on specific raw materials, and it is envisaged that this dependency will increase in the near future. Most of them are scarce in EU and of poor...
Influence of anisotropy on deterioration of rail materials (CHARMEC MU34)

Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF) crack initiation is often connected to the accumulation of plastic deformation in the surface layer of rail and wheel. The behaviour and strength of this...
Infrastructure for Digitalsation enabling industrialization of Additive manufacturing (IDAG)

The purpose has been to identify and compile gaps where digitization solutions for efficient industrialization of additive manufacturing in complex value chains are needed. The aim...
INGREPPI - Innovation through establishing Platform Based Development

The project aim to support implementation and exploitation of the methodology for Platform Based Development, with associated methods and tools that are the results from nearly 10...
Innovation för hållbar vardagsresande ISET

See Swedish site for more information.
Innovativ pulverbaserad komponentteknologi (INNOKOMP)

Sverige är världsledande inom pulverteknik och har unika teknologier. Pulverteknik är en grön teknik där råmaterialet helt förädlas till slutlig produkt och ger möjlighet till...
Innovative Advanced Tooling - InnovAT

Projektets målsättning har varit att skapa en ny branschöverskridande konstellation, där akademiska parter, institut och företag som tidigare samverkat i huvudsakligen branschvis...
Innovative components manufacturing technology through powder technology

The aim has been to establish a project consortium with common goals where powder metallurgical (PM) solutions are developed driven by specific challenges in different sectors. This...
Innovative components manufacturing technology through powder technology (Stage 2)

Konkurrenskraftig och hållbar produktion bygger på teknologi med högt förädlingsvärde där denna anpassas till olika behov av produkter och lösningar. Pulverteknik är sådan teknologi...
Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services (USE-IT-WISELY)

Introduction:Use-it-wisely is a European Union research project, funded under the FP7 framework, which will run from 2013 to 2016. The project draws on the world class knowledge of...
Innovative powder based manufacturing of gear wheels with high performance (HIPGEAR)

Strong driving forces exist to increase the performance and resource efficiency in manufacturing of gear wheels for truck applications. This project will develop an innovative...
Innovative Welding Processes for New Rail Infrastructures (WRIST)

WRIST will develop and demonstrate flexible and cost effective joining processes for rail products, and in particular for advanced bainitic rail steels, which have been developed to...
Institutional Frameworks for Integrated Mobility Services in future cities - IRIMS

The project builds knowledge and proposes recommendations on how institutional frameworks can be modified to enable new, integrated mobility services capable of contributing to more...
Integrated analytics for advanced machinery

Purpose and goalThe purpose and goal of the project is to improved resource utilisation through a integrated metrology and analytics approach to analyse, predict and optimise advanced...
Integrated business and product realization model for 1st tier suppliers

The main objective of the research project is to enable suppliers to have their own predevelopment process. The purpose is to enable the supplier to make a larger contribution in the...
Integrerade mobilitetstjänster - strategiskt case inom nationellt kunskapscenter för kollektivtrafik...

See Swedish site for more information.
INTELLISWITCH - Intelligent Quality Assessment of Railway Switches and Crossings

Project at DTU with the aim to examine if big data collected from sensors in track, can be used to predict degradation and maintenance needs of railway switches and crossings. Johan...
Interlinked combinatorial and geometrical optimization problems in an autonomous automotive...

This PhD project aims to face some industrial challenging problems revealed in "Smart Assembly 4.0" and to develop suitable tools to solve them, where the goal is to connect...
Janus-like, Asymmetric graphene Nanosheets for Ultrafiltration and Sieving.

We will study a new material called Janus graphene, composed of graphene monolayers having different chemical functionalization on different faces of the sheet. The sheets will be...
KIDSAM: Knowledge and information-sharing in digital collaborative projects

I takt med ökad digitalisering och nya sätt att arbeta i globala organisationer och leverantörskedjor ställs nya krav på hur kund och leverantör samverkar. Denna utveckling drar inte...
Knowledge and technology for more sustainable e-waste recycling (WEEE ID)

This project aims at developing a concept for the rapid and accurate sorting of electronic waste based on realtime machine vision and artificial intelligence data processing. Applying...
Kompressionsbrott i komplexa NCF kompositstrukturer - KOMPRESS

Projektet kommer att studera tryckbrott i kompositstrukturer. Den kunskap som finns om tryckbrott i kompositer kommer att vidareutvecklas för att bättre förstå inverkan av den...
Konstruktion för återtillverkning genom effektiv användning av produktlivscykeldata (KEAP)

Information only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden) Inrego (Private, Sweden) Tetra Pak Technical Service (Private, Sweden) Toyota...
Konstruktion för återtillverkning genom Effektiv Användning av Produktlivscykeldata /(KEAP)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
Konstruktion för tillverkning av flygmotorkomponenter

Syftet med detta projekt är att utveckla en metodik som kan kartlägga produktegenskaper, dess variation och relaterade konstruktions och process parametrar för att styra kvalitet i...
Kreativ och systematisk innovationsledning med Set-Based Innovation

Information only availabe in SwedishPartner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden) IUC Dalarna (Other, Sweden)
Large area deposition of graphene-containing coatings for diverse functional applications

Den långsiktiga ambitionen är att etablera ekonomisk gångbar deponering av en ny klass av grafenhaltiga beläggningar på stora ytor med varierande matrismaterial, nämligen keramiska...
Lättare och bättre krockskydd från energiabsorberande 3D-armerade kompositmaterial

Syfte och målProjektet avser att experimentell undersöka om de unika mekaniska egenskaper som påvisats hos 3D-armerade kompositmaterial möjliggör användning av dessa i nya typer av...
LAYTERM (eit RawMaterials)

We develop and give a suite of short courses on mineral raw material production for laypersons, such as policy makers, government employees, representatives from NGOs etc. The key...
LCA modul till Simuleringsplattform

Information only available in Swedish.
Life Cycle Centered Organizations LCCO

See Swedish site for more information.
Light weight solutions for high-performance components by additive manufacturing

Information available only in Swedish.Partner organizations University West (Academic, Sweden) University West (Publisher, Sweden) GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Swerea...
LIGHTer PhD network

Purpose and goalLIGHter PhD network will enable training of doctors in disciplines relevant to lightweight technologies and can enablew large future leaps in technology. The...
Lindholmen Integrated Mobility Arena (LIMA)

The LIMA (LIndholmen Integrated Mobility Arena) project aims to use new technology and new business models to change the travel behaviour of employees at companies in Lindholmen...
Local recycling and reuse centers

The project is an innovation project aimed at developing knowledge about how local recycling and reuse centers can work as meeting places and learning centers for reuse, hazardous...
LOw COst Manufacturing and Assembly of Composite and Hybrid Structures (LOCOMACHS)

The continued use of composite materials in the aerospace industry has been addressed in several past research projects which have focused on new design solutions and composite...
MAASiFiE - Mobility as a Service for Linking Europe

MAASiFiE, aims to create a roadmap for the development of MaaS in Europe. Individual work packages address business and operator models, impact evaluation and enabling technologies...
MALEKC

TBA
MANUFUTURE-SE

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
MASIT+: Industrialization of service - data and methods

Goals/targets: The project addresses the task of taking a service concept from service idea to commercialised, profitable service, specifically in a manufacturing firm context. This...
Master 4.0 -A national education initiative for Industry 4.0

Purpose and goal: The aim is to increase Swedish competitiveness by creating a national education package within Industry 4.0 "Cyber-physical production systems and connected...
Material characteristics in welding and other local heating events (CHARMEC MU36)

Welding and grinding processes induce local heating that can deteriorate the properties of the base material. In welding the situation can be improved by introducing fillers to modify...
Materialflexibel produktion - utveckling av fysisk och virtuell testbädd

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Gapwaves AB (Private, Sweden) Swerea (Private, Sweden)
Materials and interface design in semi-structural and eco-friendly wood fiber biocomposites

The overall theme of the project is high fiber content materials. One motivation is that mechanical and physical properties of wood fibers are much better than for isotropic polymer...
Materials Development and Biomedical Applications of High-Entropy Alloys

See Swedish site for more information.
Measures for behaving safely in traffic (MeBeSafe)

Traffic safety has traditionally been centred around diminishing the effects of accidents, or to help drivers prevent that a dangerous situation turns into an accident. Much less...
Mechanical modelling And eXperIMents for Improved Sports Equipment

See Swedish site for more information.
Meeting the Future (MEET)

MEET focuses on ways to enable and improve human-to-human communication enhancing group decision capability and group situation awareness. Technical as well as organisational...
MEET-UP

Information only available in Swedish.Partner organizations IUC Wermland (Private, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
MEET-UP: Ökad innovationsförmåga i produktion med MEET-applikation med smart samverkan

Projektet syfte är att utveckla svenska företags förmåga att leda och organisera för ökad innovationsförmåga i sitt arbete. Med ett arbetssätt baserat på MEET-modellen kan företagen...
Methodology for Visual Production Development ((MVisPRod))

This project aims to develop a methodology in which a common virtual view of the production system is used as decision support throughout the entire production development...
Metodanvändning i produktframtagning: möjligheter, utmaningar och förutsättningar i svensk industri

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Lund University (Academic, Sweden)
Microstructural evolution and structure-property correlations in FeCoNi based multi component alloy...

Multi component alloy (MCA) thin films, due to their significant performance, have been proposed to be suitable choice for several functional applications for e.g. magnetic based such...
Mistra EXPLORE - Exploring the opportunities for advancing vehicle recycling industrialization

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Sveriges bilåtervinnares riksförbund (Non Profit, Sweden) Eklunds bildelslager AB (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private...
Mobilitet mellan VCC och Ziegler (PSARP)

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Mobility PLUS – Innovative Services for More than Urban Transport

Electrification and shared mobility services will be an important part of sustainable transport systems of the future. Against this background, Mobility Plus is addressing energy...
Mobilkrossar - tillförlitligt mobilt nödstopp

Information only available in Swedish
Mobilkrossar - tillförlitligt mobilt nödstopp, implementering

Information only available in Swedish
Modeling and calculation based homogenization of a porous medium with fluid transport in a network...

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Modeling and optimization of biocomposite processing

Eco-friendly materials and products are important ingredients in a society for sustainable development. The Cellulose Biocomposites project is a multidisciplinary effort exploring new...
Modeling of desiccation cracking in soils due to climate change

Global warming causes accelerated desiccation and progressive cracking of the surface of clayey soils. This formation of a dry cracked crust heavily affects the stability of slopes...
Modellering av krockbeteendet i framtida lättviktsfordon

Det huvudsakliga målet med projektet är att kunna göra prediktioner av krockbeteendet hos energieffektiva lätta kompositfordon på en nivå jämförbar med den senaste tekniken för...
Modelling and dynamic simulation of gradual performance deterioration of a crushing circuit...

The use of steady-state models in process simulation is a well-established method in many process industries. Designing a large crushing plant by relying on steady-state simulations...
Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Behaviour in Crushing Plants

Crushing plants are a vital part in the production of aggregates and metals. Plants are traditionally simulated with a steady-state simulation. With steady-state simulation the plant...
Modelling And Testing for Improved Safety of key composite StructurEs inalternatively powered...

MATISSE aims to make a significant step forward in the capability of the automotive industry to model, predict and optimise the crash behaviour of mass produced Fibre Reinforced...
Modelling of properties and damage in wheel and rail materials (CHARMEC MU30)

This senior research project is a complement to the new doctoral projects MU35 and MU36 dealing with characterization of material behaviour. The tasks are to continue developing...
Modelling of thermomechanically loaded rail and wheel steels

Rail and wheel materials are subjected to very high stresses and, in some cases, also to elevated temperatures. The rolling contact loading results in a multiaxial stress state with a...
MoJo - Demonstration of a sustainable mobility service (MaaS) for employees at Campus Johanneberg

The project will develop and demonstrate a new mobility service, EC2B, for local business trips on Campus Johanneberg, Gothenburg - an example of a so-called Mobility-as-service or...
More by Less - A user perspective on energy conservation in future electrical systems

The project aim to explore and foster possibilities for a technological shift towards a future electrical system in which the wattage use of appliances can be controlled and optimized...
More by Less - A User-Centred Take on District Heating for Future Energy Systems

The energy used in buildings contributes to a significant part of Sweden’s energy consumption. Fortunately, district heating offers potential for energy efficiency in buildings and...
More by Less - Social Energy

Energy use in households contributes to a large extent to Sweden’s energy consumption. To attain a sustainable future we must therefore reduce our everyday energy use in the home...
MoSi2 - matrix composites for combustion components exposed to high temperature oxidation and hot...

The proposal aims at developing advanced MoSi2 matrix composites for hot corrosion components in a combustion chamber of gas turbine engines. The goal is to make composite materials...
MOTION - Mobile and digital automation

MOTION wants to show that systems integration and digitization is possible between different systems suppliers and automation degrees. Work instructions, machine instructions, as well...
Motion Planning in Multi-Robot Stations

See Swedish site for more information.
Multi-functional composite structure with Graphene (MULTIGRAPH)

Graphene, in combination with carbon fibers and epoxy, will be used for a demonstration of new functions for highly stressed composite airframe structures. The demonstrators are...
Multifunctional graphene-enhanced thermoplastics for aerospace applications

Purpose and goal: In this project we will develop a new graphene-enhanced thermoplastic material with respect to multifunctionality. The aim is to significantly improve strength and...
Multifunctional performance of structural batteries under combined mechanical and electrical loads

The aim is to enhance our understanding of the in-service performance of structural battery composites systems and to propose theory for modelling of Li-Ion structural battery cells...
Multiscale modeling of pearlitic steel

Materialmodellering av ingenjörsmaterial är idag huvudsakligen baserad på fenomenologiska iakttagelser såsom spänningar och töjningar för olika belastningar. Sådana modeller kräver...
Multiscale modelling and testing of biocomposites in equestrian sports

See Swedish site for more information.
Multiscale modelling of failure in thin-ply textile composites using Isogeometric Analysis

Composites reinforced with layers of thin, woven fibre bundles have advantages in manufacturing and design over conventional multilayered composites with unidirectional fibres. They...
Multiscale modelling of reinforced concrete structures

The aim of this project is to develop a validated multiscale framework, capable of modelling crack growth in detail in large scale reinforced concrete structures like e.g. bridges...
Multiscale modelling of textile reinforced concrete structure

Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) combines the benefits of traditional and fibre reinforced concrete, and offers the possibility to build corrosion resistant, slender, lightweight...
MUltiscale, Multimodal and Multidimensional imaging for EngineeRING (MUMMERING).

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Private, Netherlands) Federal Institute for Materials Research...
Nanotechnology Enhanced Sintered Steel Processing

Research project aims at matching the needs of future sustainable manufacture of complex components with the capabilities of powder metallurgical (PM) technique comprised of...
Nästa generations strukturer, system, integrerade sensorer och ATM-teknik för den civila...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Elitkomposit AB (Private, Sweden) Swerea (Private, Sweden) UMS Sweden AB (Private, Sweden) Linköping University...
Nickel-based material for additive manufacturing

Information only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
Numerical model reduction for computational homogenization of polycrystals

This project targets efficient modeling of polycrystalline (metallic) materials, with applications in engineering and materials science. At the microscale, we consider...
Numerical simulations of welding and other high temperature processes (CHARMEC MU37)

Rail and wheel materials are subjected to very high stresses and, in some cases, also to elevated temperatures, and the rolling contact loading results in a multiaxial stress state...
Numerisk modellreduktion vid beräkningsbaserad homogenisering av deformation och strömning i porösa...

See Swedish site for more information.
Nya bältesgeometrier sett ur ett komfort, användning och säkerhetsperspektiv

See Swedish site for more information.
Nya legeringskoncept

The research aims to develop powder technology and technics for future applications.
Nya materiallösningar för defektfri additiv tillverkning av svårsvetsade Ni-baserade legeringar

More information is available in Swedish.Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden) CAM2 Competence Centre for Additive Manufacturing Metal (Academic, Sweden)
oHövlighet i handeln

Ohövlighet samt otrevligt och respektlöst beteende har blivit allt vanligare i det moderna samhället, och har rapporterats vara en av de mest påträngande formerna av antisocialt...
Open Obeya - A system engineering lab

The aim of the project is to: Present a new SBCE-based way of working with methodological support for idea generation and modeling, handling, evaluation and choice of solution...
Operator of the Future

The "Operator of the Future" enables competitive Swedish production across industrial sectors. The project goal is a future Toolbox for competent individuals close to...
Operator of the future - Prestudy

Goals/targets The Operator of the Future concept addresses challenges in Competitive Industry and Information society 3.0. we will develop cross-sectorial concepts for operators and...
Operator Safety Issues of Control Room Designs

Safe operation is crucial for socio-technical organizations, especially for high-risk process industries such as nuclear power plants. The operation result is dependent on human...
Optimal krossning-malning

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Optimal styrning av kross- och malningsprocesser

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Optimering av livscykelrobusthet i tidiga utvecklingsfaser II

Information only available in Swedish.Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Optimise Citizen Mobility and Freight Management in Urban Environments (OPTICITIES)

OPTICITIES vision is to help European cities tackle complex mobility challenges. OPTICITIES strategy focuses on the optimisation of transport networks through the development of...
Optimization of materials in track switches (CHARMEC TS17)

The project aims at increasing the understanding of the long-term degradation and damage modes of different crossing materials. Guidelines for selection of crossing material will be...
Optimization of weight and volume intelligent cast components (OLGA)

Residual stresses are undesirable because they often require subsequent post treatment operations. These post treatments often accounts for a significant amount of a company’s energy...
Our Energy

The project aimed to explore preconditions for a new type of energy visualisation service targeting companies and organisations in the public sector. The needs of the target group...
PatteRned cOatings based on 2D materials benzoxazine reSin hybrids for broad range Pressure...

PROSPECT targets an innovative generation of coatings based on a benzoxazine polymer matrix incorporating electrically conductive 2D layers for pressure sensing applications. The...
PHM Plant Hybrid Model (Eurostars project E!5623)

Plant Hybrid Model will be a paradigm shift within virtual production development, using new cost efficient laser scanning technologies to replace old, cost and time consuming CAD...
Planning and Innovation within Product Service Systems

The purpose of this project is to complete, verify, and implement the results of a previous project, where the focus has been on value creation and development or validation of...
Platform-based Development

Platform-based development and production is a widely adopted strategy in product realization for balancing reuse and customization. The aim of this research is to significantly...
Polymerer med exponerade grafenkanter: nya antibakteriella material för medicintekniska applikationer

Syftet med detta projekt är att kommersialisera en patentsökt grafenbaserad antibakteriell yta. De specifika målen är: Att utveckla en (eller flera) kostnadseffektiva metoder att i...
Powder and materials design for flexible high-quality additive manufacturing

Information only available in English.Partner organizations Swerea (Private, Sweden) Stockholm University (Academic, Sweden)
Predictive Maintenance using Advanced Cluster Analysis (PACA)

Predictive Maintenance (PdM) using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is the top-ranked use case in terms of business value of industrial digitalization. Not...
Predictive models and machine learning algorithms

The purpose with Robust Engineering is to operate a system in such way that it mitigates incoming variation, in contrast to the old fashion way of improving quality by demanding...
Prediktering av gnissel & gnek för robust produkt och produktion

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research Institute, Sweden)
Prediktering av termomekanisk utmattning av superlegeringskomponenter

Projektet som är en förlängning av ett NFFP5-projekt med samma namn avser att utveckla metoder för simulering av beteenden i valda superlegeringar under cyklisk termomekanisk...
PREP

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations Boliden Mineral AB (Private, Sweden) Outotec (Sweden) AB (Private, Sweden) Luleå University of Technology (Academic...
Pre-requisites for connected digitized geometry assurance

A digitized industry with elements of artificial intelligence requires structured data, standardized digital languages as well as methodically and repeatable preparation work. The...
Prestudy - Hybrid Particle Breakage Model in DEM

The national and global mining industry faces a number of major challenges regarding greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and unsustainable water consumption. Digital twins and...
Pre-VITS (Pre-study - Virtual tools for service, maintenance and product tack-back flows)

Pre-VITS is a pre-study which will perform a feasibility study to determine the potential and challenges for introducing more advanced virtual tools for service, maintenance and...
Proactive assembly ergonomical and geometrical quality assurance for sustainable production (PEGASUS)

Vehicles are mainly manufactured by people who are expected to perform assembly operations of utmost quality during an entire workday. They need the best prerequisites to execute...
Process flow simulation for textile care in HSB Living Lab

Since we will be living more compact in the future and most likely sharing specific functions of a building with each other, the focus of the project is on social sustainability...
Production of new high-performance CNF biocomposites (Cellulose nano-composites)

The goal is to gain new understand of how to make substantially improved composites of thermoplastic polymers reinforced with cellulose nano-fibes (CNF). New opportunities will be...
Production Service Systems and Maintenance

Production Service Systems & Maintenance is a research group and project within the Chalmers Production Area of Advance. Today, the manufacturing industry faces challenges in...
Products of today are raw materials of tomorrow -A Symbiotic business model (SYMBIZ)

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Produkters livscykler ur ett brukarperspektiv
Produktionsinnovation

Information is only available in SwedishPartner organizations Luleå University of Technology (Academic, Sweden)
PROPID

Information only available in Swedish
Prosam, phase 1&2

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University West (Academic, Sweden) University West (Publisher, Sweden)
Ramp-Up

Projektet syftar till att ta fram en färdplan för en snabb och konkurrenskraftig nationell industrialisering inom additiv tillverkning (AM) av metall i Sverige. Färdplanen ska...
Real Time Optimization of Crushing Plants

Real Time Optimization During a long time it has been desirable to optimize the settings of a crushing plant in real time. If the settings of the process can be adjusted continuously...
reCore

Ospecificerad
Reduction of Propeller Noise for Future Electrical Aircrafts

See Swedish site for more information.
ReLed-3D

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations EDR & MEDESO AB (Private, Sweden) Lund University (Academic, Sweden) Lasertech LSH AB (Private, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB...
Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2 (In2Track-2)

In2Track-2 is a project within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under the Shift2Rail joint technology initiative. The eight work packages (WP) in In2Track-2 are WP1 Enhanced...
RESMAC - Repurposing Smartphone Capabilities

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik (Private, Sweden)
RIQAM - Radical Innovation and Qualification using Additive Manufacturing

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Ruag Space AB (Private, Sweden) Luleå University of Technology (Academic, Sweden) OHB AG Group (Private, Germany) GKN...
Ritningsgranskning Fartyg

Information available in Swedish.
Så Nätt - Supplychain collaboration for light weight vehicle development

The aim of this project is to enable Swedish automotive industry to increase its competitiveness by developing new collaboration procedures, support methods and technologies within...
Så Nätt - Supplychain collaboration for light weight vehicle development

The aim of this project is to enable Swedish automotive industry to increase its competitiveness by developing new collaboration procedures, support methods and technologies within...
SADE: Safety culture in desing - improving resilience throughout the life-cycle of nuclear power...

This project deals with safety culture in design and implementation of technological and organisational solutions to improve resilience of the sociotechnical system throughout the...
Safety and ease-of-use assessment of new electric vehicles for personal mobility in urban environment

The move towards a future sustainable transport system requires new transport solutions that are at the same time easy-to-use and safe. Among the new transport solutions, Electric...
Safety culture in the design process in nuclear power plants

This project deals with safety culture in design and implementation of technological and organisational solutions to improve resilience of the sociotechnical system throughout the...
SEAMLESS: Systematic Evaluations and Assessments of MaaS – Leading towards Sustainable Solutions

For several years, public officials and private entrepreneurs have sought an understanding of the sustainability impacts of combined mobility services (MaaS). However, there is a lack...
Self-consistent modelling for neutron scattering applications

Self-consistent modelling based on crystal plasticity is commonly used to analyze the detailed response of polycrystals to externally imposed deformation during neutron scattering...
Semi-autonomous driving and its effect on mode-awareness and user experience

Information about this project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Sensible Value Chain through Digitalised Planning, Material handling and Circular Economy (SCARCE II)

Purpose and goal: SCARCE II will develop a demonstrator to show how SMEs and associated value flows can increase efficiency, competitiveness, sustainability and internal collaboration...
Sensible value chain: material flow, roles and circular economy (SCARCE)

Syfte och mål: Syftet var att identifiera behov, möjligheter och hinder kopplat till fem ämnesområden i värdekedjan. Målet var att identifierat behov, möjligheter och hinder hos...
SHADES Phase II - System Safety through the Combination of HMI and Dependable System

In-vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) aredesigned for a primary function without faults being present in the systems. However, errors...
Shape Inspection by Vision in Production (SIVPRO)

Objective and Goal: The objective of this project is to install and evaluate a system for automatic evaluation of the shape of a statistically relevant number of items produced in a...
SIDVI-Safe and Integrated Driver-Vehicle Interface

For Sweden to uphold its prime status in vehicle technology area, and for Volvo to maintain its leading position in the world as manufacturer of the safest commercial vehicles, there...
Simulation of rolling contact fatigue crack growth in rails

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) cracks form on the surface of the rails due to compressive and frictional stresses induced on the rail at the wheel/rail contact patch. After a stage of...
Smart Assembly

Platform-based development and large product variety puts high demands on flexibility and adaptability in the assembly systems. Smart Assembly refers to a next generation...
Smart Assembly 4.0

The objective of the project “Smart Assembly 4.0” is to realize the idea of the autonomous, self-optimizing robotized assembly factory, which maximizes quality and throughput...
Smart ELECTrodeposited Alloys for environmentally sustainable applications: from advanced protective...

SELECTA is a highly inter-disciplinary initiative which has the primary goal of training young researchers in the field of smart electrodeposited metallic alloys suitable for...
Smart Factory

Informaion only available in SwedishPartner organizations ABB Sweden (Private, Sweden) Gothenburg Technical College (Academic, Sweden) Prevas (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private...
Smart Holistic Innovative Future Transport (SHIFT)

Pre-study and needs identification with a cross-European team for a Horizon 2020 call on transforming the use of conventionally fuelled vehicles in urban areas. The application aims...
Smart Maintenance Assessment - SMASh

The major effect goal of the SMASh project is to enable digitalization of the Swedish manufacturing industry. Maintenance organizations are expected to have a key role in securing the...
Smart mainTenance in Energy Production, step 2 - STEP2

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Göteborg Energi AB (Private, Sweden)
Smart mat av havre och odlade muskelceller (Smat)

Att kombinera livsmedels- och materialvetenskap med cellbiologi och kreativ kokkonst för att utveckla hälsosamm, klimatsmart, grön proteinmat som är mer attraktiv än kött för...
Smart Production

Information only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Teknikföretagen (Other, Sweden)
SMASh – Smart Maintenance Assessment

The major effect goal of the SMASh project is to enable digitalization of the Swedish manufacturing industry. Maintenance organizations are expected to have a key role in securing...
Snabba deformationsförlopp vid maskinbearbetning och containment

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
SNIC 2017

The Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) is a national research infrastructure that makes available large scale high performance computing resources, storage capacity...
Social Energy

Energy use in households contributes to a large extent to Sweden’s energy consumption. To attain a sustainable future we must therefore reduce our everyday energy use in the home...
Socially sustainable manufacturing for the Factories of the Future (SO SMART)

SO SMART – Socially Sustainable Manufacturing for the Factories of the Future – aims to establish research roadmaps, scenarios, and guidelines for the social well-being of employees...
Societal Readiness Levels for Autonomous Vehicles

Much of the world’s attention has been captured by autonomous vehicles (AVs) and their manufacturers, but in its excitement over technical specifications the industry has lost sight...
Spoken information in public transportation spaces

Spoken information is the fastest way to reach many travellers with important information. To evaluate different user groups’ perception, experience and need of spoken information at...
Stena Industry Innovation Lab at Chalmers - SII-Lab

Stena Industry Innovation Lab at Chalmers (SII-Lab) is a test and demonstration facility for next generation smart production systems. It offers fast communication systems with 5G...
Stena Industry InnovationLab

See Swedish site for more information.
STEP - Smart mainTenance in Energy Production steg 1 (SM01)

See Swedish site for more information.
Strategic Research Area No.1 Modelling - Phase II

The goal is to establish an develop a cross-disciplinary research cluster that addresses material modelling on different length scales. The materials considered are metal and fiber...
Streamlined Modeling and Decision Support for Fact-based Production Development (StreaMod)

Virtual manufacturing tools, e.g. advanced data analysis and simulation of production flows, are important for cutting lead-times in product realization projects and for increasing...
Structural pOweR CompositEs foR futurE civil aiRcraft (SORCERER)

In SORCERER revolutionary lightweight electrical energy storing composite materials for future electric and hybrid-electric aircraft are to be developed. Building on previous research...
Support and stimulation of dynamic and organic growth of pan European ICT for Manufacturing SME...

The ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) initiative was launched by the EC on July 2013 with an initial budget of 77 million Euro. During its first stage, I4MS has shown...
SURFTERM - Termisk stabilitet av vita skikt avsedda som processinducerade funktionella ytor

Syfte och målVita skikt som induceras vid hårdbearbetning kan betraktas som processinducerade funktionella ytor eftersom de kan ge förbättrad slitstyrka och producera tryckspänningar...
SUstainability, sMart Maintenance and factory design Testbed (SUMMIT)

Project idea and potential It is argued that the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry will increase the focus on the factory design and maintenance phases. In other...
Sustainable aviation fuels for a carbon constrained world

The project define pathways to large scale use of sustainable aviation fuels. Several pathways compete today, such as biofuels, use of cryogenic methane and hydrogen as well as...
Sustainable manufacturing through processing with cryogen technology (SUSTAIN-CRYO)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Metal Cutting Research and Development Centre (MCR) (Centre, Sweden) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic...
Sustainable Product Lifecycle Platforms

The ability to sustainably develop, produce and maintain products including related services is essential for both OEMs and suppliers. The platform-based approach is one key to...
Svensk KIC-satsning inom värderadderande produktion

Information is only available in SwedishPartner organizations Teknikföretagen (Other, Sweden)
Swedish Public Transport Research and Innovation Centre SPRINT

Information is only available in SwedishPartner organizations Viktoria Swedish ICT (Research Institute, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg...
Systematic development of PLM solutions

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an information technology concept bringing several potential benefits to product development organizations. However, it has been reported that...
TACO (insTruction innovAtion for Cognitive Optimisation)

Digitalization and cognitive decision support systems are trends in technology development that can meet demographic challenges and enable greater inclusion and tolerance for people's...
Talking with the Food in the Mouth

Information about this project is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden (Research Institute, Sweden) Acreo Swedish ICT (Research...
Teaching, Training and Transforming Assembly with Collaborative and Social Robots (T3CR)

Collaborative robots have been on the market for more than five years, but the impact on Sw edish production, especially end-fitting, is awaiting. In the final assembly it is often...
TechMo

Information only available in Swedish.
Technology as a Product

Goals/targets This project aims to investigate how technologies can be made scalable and be offered and sold on the open market. It will be especially challenging to make the...
Tekniköverföring till SMF (Små och medelstora företag)

Information is only available in Swedish.Partner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
Test bed for the future process fluids in sustainable production

The objective of a Test bed for Process Fluids is to enable a sustainable use in terms of sustainability, occupational safety and health aspects. Companies are to gain commercial...
The Intelligent, Innovative, Integrated Bus Systems (3IBS)

The overall purpose of the project is to improve the attractiveness of future bus systems and hereby contribute to more sustainable transportation of people, from an economic...
The optimal dental implant: program for improvement of clinical performance, improvement of quality...

Towards the optimal dental implant: program for improvement of clinical performance, improvement of quality of life for the patient, reduction of treatment costs and reduction of the...
The optimisation of mineral processes by modeling and simulation (P009P)

P9P will deliver a more comprehensive range of models, as compared to P9O, as well as the standards and techniques for particle characterisation (composition and spatial arrangement...
Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)

Thermal behaviour of aircraft has recently become a crucial subject due to many factors: increasing number of complex systems required by modern, more electric, commercial aircraft...
Thin-walled 3D-printed structures in fatigue loaded components

Purpose and goal: The goal of the project is to build up confidence to use additive manufacturing (AM) for thin walls. The freedom of design provides possibilities for new designs and...
Titanstrukturer II - Defect formation during weldingand their effect on mechanical properties of...

See Swedish site for more information.
Towards implementation of a life cycle perspective for aggregate production

Aggregates from crushed rock is one of Sweden´s heaviest industrial products with its 100 million tonnes per year. Despite today´s ability to accurately calculate energy and emissions...
Towards lightweighting electrified transport system – novel multifunctional batteries

Since weight reduction is vital in transportation, lightweight materials have been identified as key for successful electrification of road transport[1] and meeting the reduced...
Towards multifunctional batteries – insights into carbon fibres in dynamic electrochemical and...

Structural composite batteries are a truly integrated multifunctional device for simultaneous load-bearing and energy storage. In these novel batteries, carbon fibres play dual roles:...
TRALLA: Transport of Light Loads over Large Areas

Making healthcare accessible closer to the population is critical to reducing care times and avoiding unnecessary suffering. This project will investigate using a new type of winged...
Transformation of existing power plants – a paradigm shift towards higher plant efficiencies and...

The main goal of the proposed project is through a multidisciplinary and gender-balanced team of scientists (Pavleta Knutsson (main project leader), Fang Liu, Fredrik Lind and Jesper...
Translating Research to Industry Tools: Validated Multi-Component Mineral Processing Simulator (P9Q)

The AMIRA P9Q Project is a three year program designed by the P9Q Research Partners in close cooperation with the P9Q Working Committee to validate and verify 12 – 18 mineral...
Trapped Rubber Processing: High Performance/ High Rate Composite Processing

Syfte och målForskningen av en termomekanisk karaktärisering av polymera elastomerer för användning i avancerad gummibyggnad skulle vara det första steget i ett nytt område för...
Twinning for Industrial Sustainability (TRUST)

The TRUST project aims to boost research excellence in the area of INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY by increasing the scientific and technical capacities. This will allow to support and...
Users' understanding of autonomou vehicles - DAUT

The project - studies drivers’/users’ understanding incl. mental models of AVs and how this understanding changes over time; - investigates in what ways the design of the...
UTDefect

Information only available in Swedish.
Uthållig produktion av finkorniga produkter från bergmaterial

Information is only available in SwedishPartner organizations NCC AB (Private, Sweden) SMA Mineral (Private, Sweden) Omya AB (Private, Sweden) Minbas AB (Private, Sweden) Roctim AB...
Utilization of large scale infrastructures to study the effect of the processing gas in Laser Powder...

Purpose and goal: The project aims to increase the understanding of the effect of the process gas during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) on microstructure development and resulting...
Variation simulation of light weight assemblies

New environment requirement and regulations aiming at a sustainable society has a huge impact on future products and product realization. This motivates a strong focus on light...
Variationally Consistent Selective Homogenization of Multifield Problems with Application to...

Klassisk materialmodellering inom fastkroppsmekaniken utgörs av fenomenologiska modeller på makroskopiska längskalor, så som tillexempel spännings-töjningsrelationen i ett rostfritt...
VariLight

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Svetskommissionen (Other, Sweden) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden)
Virtual demonstrators for parallel product and production system development

The objective of this project is to develop a virtual demonstrator for parallel development (or co-development) of system product families and the production systems and processes...
Virtual Material Testing - A Computational Tool for the Prediction of Macroscale Properties based on...

The proposed project concerns the development of a computational strategy, coined *virtual material testing*, for predicting the macroscopic mechanical properties such as elasticity...
Virtual Robust Design and Simulation Methods

The overall aim is to create a framework for virtual robust design (RD) that supports ecological and economical sustainability; a framework addressing principles, practices and...
Virtual Verification of Human Robot Collaboration

Information only available in SwedishPartner organizations University of Skövde (Academic, Sweden) University of Skövde (Publisher, Sweden) Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research...
Virtuella verktyg för service, underhåll och flöden för återtagning av använda produkter (VITS)

Information is only available in SwedishPartner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Scania CV AB (Private, Sweden) Stiftelsen Chalmers...
VISP - Value and flexibility Impact analysis for Sustainable Production

VISP has the objective to develop a model-based decision support that allow manufacturers to offer a greater flexibility without comprising production efficiency. At present, no...
Visual Production – Development and Operation of Complex Manufacturing Systems

The purpose of this project is to increase efficiency and effectiveness during development of complex manufacturing systems. The demonstrator, to be developed, will be an advanced...
Visualization and IT in product and production development

Project Vis-IT will deliver product development software that is easy to use. In project Vis-it, members from Industry and Chalmers University will investigate why today's enterprise...
Visualizing energy use in non-residential building

Many owners of non-residential buildings have expressed a need for better ways to engage their tenants and to create incentives for them to reduce their share of the building's energy...
VITUM - Virtual Turbine Module Demonstrator

The aim of the project is to demonstrate how innovative solutions can be developed if traditional modular and component interfaces are challenged and to enable a hardware demonstrator...
VIVA - the Virtual Vehicle Assembler

The overall aim is to develop a supportive tool that: -automatically can predict human behaviour considering dynamic effects and analyse human work in manual work stations from a...
Volvo Dynamic Steering

Information only available in Swedish.
Waste to design (W2D)

This project, financed by the Mistra Closing the Loop initiative, brings together experts from Stena Recycling, Semcon and Chalmers to support bachelor and masters students while they...
Web-based EPD tool for lifecycle perspective for aggregate production (EPD Berg)

The purpose of EPD Berg is to develop a common tool for the rock material industry that connects the actual production chain of rock materials with simulation based on proven...
WEEE-Digit

Recycling of electronic waste is a challenging task on the path to sustainability. Aside the technical challenges on this path, recycling actors also require feasible frameworks...
Weldability of nickel-base superalloys for energy applications

Increased operating temperatures as well as intermittent cycling of land-based gas and steam turbines motivate studies on high performance alloys such as Ni-based superalloys...
Working Lab as a Demonstrator for Future Office Working Environment

The built environment is central to the reductions in CO2eq emissions and resource consumption. People spend more than 80% of their lifetime indoors. The creation of new strategies...

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