| A |
Explanation |
Location/Reference/Context as appropriate |
| A4E |
Airlines for Europe |
the united voice of Europe’s leading airlines in Brussels |
| a- |
Atactic (normally preceding a polymer type) |
|
| A | frequency factor | |
| AA | acetic anhydride | |
| AA | acrylic acid | |
| AA | Assigned Amounts |
Quantity of GHG emissions in the context of Kyoto Protocol |
| AACA |
2-diAllylAmino-4.6-diChloro-s-triAzine |
|
| AACoMa |
Accelerate Advanced Composite Manufacturing |
Maasticht University |
| AAm | acrylamide | |
| AAM |
Advanced Air Mobility | |
| AAMMC |
American Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Center | |
| AANC |
Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center |
|
| AAP |
Acetyl acetone peroxide |
Initiator for addition polymerisation/curing |
| AAPP |
Atmospheric Air Pressure Plasma |
|
| AAQA |
Approval and Accreditation of Qualifications and Apprenticeships |
|
| AASHTO |
American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials |
Washington DC - USA |
| ABAC | ABietic ACid | |
| ABBS |
Advanced Blast and Ballistic Systems |
|
| ABBSTRACT |
Airbus, Bristol, Bath STrategic Research Alliance in Composites Technology | |
| ABC | Activity Based Costing | |
| ABC | Artificial Bee Colony | |
| ABDA | Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association |
|
| ABR | Co-poly(butadiene-methylmethacrylate) R-group rubbers |
|
| ABRC | Advisory Board for the Research Councils | |
| ABS | Access and Benefit-Sharing | |
| ABS |
poly(Acrylonitrile-co-Butadiene-co-Styrene) copolymer | |
| AC | Advisory Circular | |
| AC | Alternative Crops | |
| AC72 | America's Cup 2013 72-foot catamarans | |
| ACA | Advanced Composites Alliance | |
| ACA | Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives | |
| ACA | Automotive Composites Alliance | |
| ACARE | Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe |
|
| ACAVP | Advanced Composite Armoured Vehicle Platform |
UK Ministry of Defence |
| ACC | Aqueous Counter Collision | |
| ACCA |
Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft |
Lockheed Martion conversion of mid/aft fuselage and empennage of Dorneir 328J |
| ACCC |
Aluminum Conductor Composite Core |
Composite Technology Corporation |
| ACCEPT |
Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-social transitions |
Queen's University of Belfast - led by Professor David Rooney |
| ACCIS |
Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science |
University of Bristol |
| ACCLAIM |
Automated Cabin and Cargo Lining And hatrack Installation Method |
|
| ACE | active chain end mechanism | |
| ACE |
Awards for Composites Excellence |
American Composites Manufacturers Association |
| ACED |
Association of Civil Engineering Departments | |
| ACEE | Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition |
|
| ACerS |
American Ceramics Society |
Westerville OH - USA |
| ACFM |
Alternating Current Field Measurement | |
| ACIS |
Automated Composites Inspection System |
McLaren Automotive |
| ACL |
Advanced Composites Letters |
|
| ACLAIM |
Advanced Composite Life Assessment and Integrity Management |
DTI Technology Programme - April 2004 competition |
| ACLV |
Affordable Composites for Lightweight Vehicles |
|
| ACMA |
American
Composites Manufacturers Association |
United States organisation - formerly CFA |
| ACMC |
Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre |
University of Plymouth |
| ACME |
Applications of Computers in Manufacturing Engineering Directorate |
|
| ACMO |
4-acryloylmorpholine |
|
| ACNF |
Activated Carbon NanoFibres |
|
| ACO |
Ant Colony Optimisation |
|
| ACoD |
Anaerobic Co-Digestion |
|
| ACOST |
Advisory Council on Science and Technology |
Now CST |
| ACP |
Advanced Composites Project |
NASA Langley Research Center Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate |
| ACPHB |
Acetone-treated PHB |
|
| ACPLLA |
Acetone-treated PLLA |
|
| ACRES |
Affordable Composites from Renewable Sources |
University of Delaware |
| ACRIM |
All Composite Reduced Inertia Modular Wheels |
|
| ACRTM |
Articulated Continuous Resin Transfer Moulding |
|
| ACS |
Advanced Course Studentships |
|
| ACSG |
Advanced Composites Structures Group |
University of Sheffield |
| ACSISTM |
Automated Composite Structure Inspection System |
Ingersoll Machine Tools |
| ACTOR |
At-sea capability Testing for Offshore Renewables | |
| ACTUV |
Anti-submarine warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel | |
| ACV |
Air Cushion Vehicle | |
| ACV |
Amphibious Combat Vehicle | |
| ACV |
Apple Cider Vinegar | |
| ACW |
Asbestos Containing Waste | |
| AD |
Acetone Dried | |
| ADA |
Acceptance Decision Algorithm | |
| ADACS |
Analysis & Design of Aerospace Composites Structures | |
| ADAM |
Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing | |
| ADAM4EVE |
ADAptive and smart Materials and structures for more Efficient VEssels | |
| ADAMS |
Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems | NREL/Germanischer Lloyd code for design of wind turbine blades |
| ADDCUR |
ADDitively manufactured CURe Tooling | |
| ADDICT |
Alcohol-Drugs-Drowning-Infant-Choking-Trauma |
Emergency First Aid flow chart for non-breathing casualty |
| ADDRESS |
ADvanced Dynamic REpair Solutions for Sustainable composites |
Bristol Composites Institute |
| ADEME |
Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie |
French Agency for Ecological Transition |
| ADF |
Acid Detergent Fibre |
|
| ADFP |
Automated Dry Fiber Placement |
|
| ADFRC |
Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fibre Reinforced Composites |
|
| AdhFASTTM |
Fastener to revolutionise adhesive use |
Assembly Automation, 02/06/2000, 20(2), 170-176. |
| ADI |
Alternating Direction Implicit |
|
| A-DISC |
Adaptive DIscrete Smeared Crack model | |
| ADL |
Acid Detergent Lignin |
|
| ADL |
Allowable Design Limit |
|
| ADMET |
acyclic diene metathesis polymerisation |
|
| ADMP |
Automated Dry Material Placement |
|
| ADNOC | Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. | |
| ADP |
Abiotic Depletion Potential (EICF) |
|
| ADR |
Automatic Defect Recognition |
|
| ADTB |
Acacia Dealbata Tree Bark (dye) |
|
| ADVISE |
Advanced Dynamic Validations using Integrated Simulation and Experimentation |
|
| AE |
Acoustic Emission (NDT/proof testing technique) |
|
| AEB |
Adult Education Budget | |
| AECMA |
Association Europeene des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial |
European Aerospace Trade Federation |
| AEF | Academic Employment Function |
Codes returned to HESA |
| AEG | [International] Aerospace Environmental Group | |
| AeIGT |
Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team |
|
| AEM |
Analytical Electron Microscope |
|
| AEM |
Auger Electron Microscopy |
|
| AEMTA |
Advanced Electrical Machines Technologies for Aircraft |
|
| AEP |
Applied Engineering Programme |
University of Warwick |
| AEP |
N-aminoethylpiperazine |
curing agent for epoxy resin |
| AeroSME |
AeroSME encourages SME participation in the EU FP RTD |
|
| AES |
Achieving Excellence Systems | |
| AESICOM |
Agrupación Española de Industrias de Composites |
Spanish Association of Composites Industries |
| AESL |
Acoustic Emission Source Location |
|
| AESO |
Acrylated Epoxidised Soybean Oil |
|
| AEWC |
Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center |
University of Maine |
| AF |
Aluminium flakes |
|
| AFC |
Active Flow Control |
|
| AFEM |
Advanced/Augmented Finite Element Method |
|
| AFFF |
Aqueous Fire-Fighting Foam |
|
| AFFT |
Aligned Formable Fibre TechnologyTM |
LiNEAT Composites unidirectional aligned discontinuous fibre tape |
| AFM |
Advanced Fiber Modeler |
Simulayt - Woking |
| AFM |
Aerodynamic Figure of Merit |
|
| AFM |
Atomic Force Microscopy |
|
| AFMP |
Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons |
|
| AFNOR |
Association Francaise de NORmalisation |
Saint Denis La Plaine - France |
| AFOLU |
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use |
|
| AFP |
Advanced Fire Protection |
Fyfe
Company LLC Tyfo® system |
| AFP |
Automated Fibre Placement |
|
| AFRA |
Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association |
|
| AFRC |
Advanced Forming Research Centre |
University of Strathclyde |
| AFRC |
Agricultural and Food Research Council |
Now incorporated into BBSRC |
| AFOLU |
Agriculture, FOrestry and Land-Use | |
| AFRP |
Aramid Fibre Reinforced Plastics |
|
| AFT |
Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer |
Vitrimers |
| AG |
Advisory Group | |
| AGATE | Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (NIAR) |
|
| AGC |
Arrival, Gel, Cure sensor (Plastech TT Limited) |
|
| AGE |
Advisory Group on Energy |
Horizon 2020 Expert Advisory Group |
| AGEC |
Aerodynamic Ground Effect Craft |
German term for WIG boat |
| AGI |
Artificial General Intelligence | |
| AHC |
Alan Harper Composites |
|
| AHEP |
Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes |
|
| AHP |
Analytic Hierarchy Process |
|
| AI |
Angle Interlock 3D woven preforms |
|
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
|
| AIAG |
Automotive Industry Action Group (USA) |
|
| AIB |
Amorphous Interlayer Bonding |
|
| AIBN | 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile | |
| AILO | Association of Industrial Liason Officers | |
| AIM |
Advanced Imaging of Materials |
University of Swansea facility |
| AIN |
Aerospace Innovation Networks |
|
| AIR |
Agriculture & Agro-Industry incl. Fisheries Research and Technological Development |
EU Framework Programme 3 (1990-1996) |
| AIREX |
Air Explosion |
|
| AIRPOWER |
Affordable Innovative Rapid Production of Offshore Wind Energy Rotor blades |
|
| AIRTeC |
Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre |
Airbus facility in Bristol |
| AITM |
Airbus Industries Test Method |
|
| aka |
Also Known As |
|
| AKD |
Alkyl Ketone Dimer |
|
| ALAN |
Artificial Light At Night |
|
| ALARP |
As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
|
| ALBOS |
Affordable Lightweight BOdy Structures |
Department for Transport |
| ALC |
Aircraft Light Communication |
|
| ALC |
Automated Laminating Cell |
|
| ALCA |
Attributional Life Cycle Assessment |
|
| ALCAS |
Advanced Low-Cost Aircraft Structures |
EU Framework 6, 2005-2009 |
| ALD |
Atomic Layer Deposition |
|
| ALDFG |
Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear |
|
| ALE |
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian formulation for flow problems |
|
| ALE |
Atomic Layer Etch |
|
| ALF |
Acacia leucophloea fibres |
|
| ALL |
Advanced Learner Loan | |
| ALM |
All Lives Matter |
|
| ALO |
Agricultural Land Occupation |
|
| ALOP |
Agricultural Land Occupation Potential |
|
| ALPS |
Advanced Low Pressure System |
EU Clean Sky engine project |
| -alt- |
- alternating copolymer with - |
|
| ALTO |
A? Laminate Taper Optimisation |
ACCIS Bristol |
| AM | activated monomer mechanism | |
| AM | Active Matrix displays | |
| AM | After Market | |
| AM | Additive Manufacturing | |
| AM | Ante Meridiem | Before midday (noon) |
| AMATHO | Additive MAnufacturing Tilt-rotor HOusing |
|
| AMBER |
Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research |
Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with University College Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). |
| AMC |
Aluminium Matrix Composite |
|
| AMCAPS |
Affordable Manufacture of Composite Primary Structures |
I = first phase, II = second phase |
| AMCM |
Additive Manufacturing Compression Molding | Orbital Composites with ORNL |
| AMD |
Availability Minus Demand | |
| AMF |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi | |
| AMGA |
Annotated Model Grant Agreement |
|
| AMIC |
Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre |
Belfast Regional City Deal project |
| AMIDE |
Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Infrastructure Development and Education Alliance | |
| AML |
Angle ply percentage Minus Longitudinal ply percentage |
|
| AMLC |
Advanced Materials Leadership Council |
|
| AMMR |
Asset Management, Maintenance and Reliability |
|
| AMOC |
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation |
a climate change issue |
| AM-OLED |
Active Matrix - Organic Light Emitting Diode |
|
| AMPLiFII |
Automated Module-to-pack Pilot Line For Industrial Innovation |
|
| AMR |
Anti-Microbial Resistance |
|
| AMR |
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre |
University of Sheffield at Rotherham |
| AMRICC |
Applied Materials Research, Innovation & Commercialisation Company | Stone, Staffordshire |
| AMSB |
Administrative, Management and Supervisory Bodies | |
| AMSCI |
Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative |
|
| AN |
acrylonitrile |
|
| ANA |
Automated Nanomechnical Analysis | |
| ANAF |
Aramid Nanofiber Aerogel Fibres | |
| ANDM |
A Novel Defect detection Method | |
| ANDP |
Adjusted Net Domestic Product |
|
| ANDSCAN |
Ultrasonic non-destructive testing |
Registered Trademark of QinetiQ Limited |
| ANFIS |
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System |
|
| ANFS |
Aramid NanoFiber Sheet | |
|
ANN |
Artificial Neural Network |
|
| ANNIRSA |
ANN-Introduced enhanced version of the Reptile Search Algorithm (IRSA) |
|
| ANOVA |
ANalysis Of VAriations |
|
| ANP |
Analytic Network Process |
|
|
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
|
| AO | Atomic Oxygen | |
| AoA | Analysis of Alternatives | |
| AoA | Angle of Attack | |
| AoC | Aspergillus oryzae cutinase | |
| AoI | Area of Interest | |
| AOX | Absorbable Organic Halogen Compounds |
ISO14044:2006(E) |
| AP |
Access Point |
|
| AP |
Acidification Potential (EICF) |
|
| AP |
Anionic Polymerisation |
|
| AP |
Armour Piercing |
|
| APA |
Academic Professional Apprenticeship |
|
| APB |
Anti-Phase Boundary |
|
| APC |
Article Processing Charges |
|
| APCC |
Asian Pacific Coconut Community |
|
| APDL |
ANSYS Parametric Design Language |
|
| APE |
3-AminoPropyltriEthoxysilane |
|
| APER |
Association pour la Plaisance Eco-Responsable |
sector for deconstruction of leisure boats |
| APET |
Amorphous PolyEthylene Terephthalate |
|
| APGD |
Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge |
|
| APH | 1-acetyl-2- phenylhydrazine | |
| APHA | Animal and Plant Health Agency | |
| API | Active Pharmceutical Ingredient | |
| API | Application Programming Interfaces | |
| APIaas | Application Programming Interfaces as a Service |
Cloud computing |
| APM |
Advanced Pore Morphology foam |
|
| APM |
Advanced Production Machines |
ACME technology theme |
| APM |
3-AminoPropyltriMethoxysilane |
|
| APME |
Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe |
|
| APP |
Ability to Pay Principle |
|
| APP |
Advanced Ply Placement |
|
| aPP |
Atactic Poly(Propylene) |
|
| APP | Authorised Push Payment | scams |
| APPG |
All-Party Parliamentary Group |
|
| APPI |
Atmospheric Pressure Photo-Ionisation |
|
| AP-PLY |
Advanced Placed Ply |
|
| APPT |
Atmospheric Plasma Pressure Technology/Treatment |
|
| APR |
Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry |
|
| APR |
Aqueous Phase Reforming |
|
| APS |
γ-aminopropyltriethoxy silane |
|
| APSOH |
Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull Mounted |
Indian Navy |
| APT |
Aqua Power Technologies Limited |
|
| AptiForm |
Manufacture of complex components from self-reinforced plastics |
|
| APTES |
(3-Amino Propyl) TriEthoxy Silane |
|
| APTS |
γ-Amino Propyl Triethoxy Silane |
|
| AQB |
Authorised Qualifying Body | |
| AR |
Assessment Report |
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change |
| AR | Augmented Reality | |
| ARALL | Aramid Reinforced Aluminium Laminate | |
| ARBS | Algorithmic and Rule-based Blackboard System |
|
| ARCHE | Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe |
|
| ARCS |
Affordable high-Rate Composite Structures | |
| ARDS |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
|
| ARE |
Advanced Rear End |
Clean Sky 2 demonstrator |
| AREA |
Anticipate, Reflect, Engage and Act |
|
| ARGET |
Activators ReGenerated by Electron Transfer |
|
| ARIA |
Advanced Research and Invention Agency |
|
| ARIES |
Advanced Research and Innovation in Environmental Science doctoral training partnership | |
| ARMO |
Alliance of Rotational Moulding Organisations |
|
| ARMPITS |
Achievable - Realistic _ Measurable - Positive - IMPORTANT - Timebound - Specific |
Replaces SMART |
| AROMP | alternating ringopening metathesis polymerization |
|
| AROP |
anionic activated ring opening polymerisation |
|
| ARP |
Ammonia Recycle Percolation |
|
| ARPA |
US Advanced Research Projects Agency |
now DARPA |
| ART |
Algebraic Reconstruction Technique |
|
| ART |
Automotive Repair Technology |
|
| ARTM |
Advanced Resin Transfer Moulding |
|
| ARTS |
Adaptive and Responsive Textile Structures |
|
| AS |
As Spun |
|
| ASA |
Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer |
|
| ASA |
Alk(en)yl Succinic Anhydride |
|
| ASAP |
Advanced Structures Assembly Process |
|
| ASC |
Alternative Specific Constants |
|
| ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
|
| ASCEND |
Aeronatical and automotive Supply Chain ENabled Development |
GKN Reddith collabortive project: £40M via Aerospace Technology Initiative and £20M from industry. |
| ASDA |
Age - Site - Depth - Area |
Emergency First Aid on burns |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
|
| ASF |
Audi Space Frame |
|
| ASF |
Automated Stiffener Forming |
|
| ASGS |
Algebraic Sub-Grid Scale |
|
| ASHMOD |
Austrian Structural Health Monitoring system Demonstrator |
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH |
| ASHP |
Air Source Heat Pump |
|
| ASID |
Advanced Structural integrated Demonstrator |
|
| A-SMC |
Advanced Sheet Molding Compound |
|
| ASMD |
Automatic Specimen Measuring Device |
|
| ASR |
Addition-type Silicone Rubbers |
|
| ASR |
Automotive Shredder Residue |
|
| ASSET |
Advanced Structural Systems for Tomorrow's Infrastructure |
EU Funded project with
Intersect, Cranfield & City
universities |
| ASSET |
Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology |
|
| ASSP |
Autonomous Synchronised Stabilised Platform |
|
| ASTEC |
Aircraft Structural Test and Evaluation Center |
|
| ASTM |
ASTM International |
Formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ASTRA |
Advanced Structures Technology and Revolutionary Architecture |
Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita KS |
| ASTREA |
Autonomous System Technology - Related Airborne Assessment and Evaluation |
|
| ASW |
Anti-Submarine Warfare |
|
| ATAS |
Academic Technology Approval Scheme |
|
| ATAS |
Active Towed Array Sonar |
|
| ATBN |
Amine-Terminated liquid NBR |
|
| ATC |
AcetylTriethylCitrate plasticiser |
|
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
|
| ATDS |
Anti-Torpedo Defence System |
|
| ATI |
Adherent Technologies Incorporated |
|
| ATI |
Aerospace Technology Institute |
|
| ATI |
Appropriate Technology International |
|
| ATL |
Automated Tape Laying |
|
| ATLAM |
Automated Tape layering Additive Manufacturing | |
| ATM |
Accelerated Testing Methodology |
|
| ATMET |
Acyclic Triene Metathesis |
|
| ATNRP |
Atom Transfer Nitroxide Radical Polymerisation |
|
| ATO |
Approved Training Organisation | |
| ATOM |
Aeroelastic Turbine Optimisation Methods |
University of Bristol wind turbine software |
| ATP |
Aquatic Toxicity Potential (EICF) |
|
| ATRm |
Alternative Transitional Registration model | UK post-Brexit REACh system |
| ATR |
Attenuated Total Reflection |
|
| ATRP |
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation |
|
| ATS | Applicant Tracking System |
WebOfJobs |
| ATSG | Aerospace Technology Steering Group | |
| ATT | [submarine] Aft Tilt Tank | |
| ATTOL | Autonomous Taxi Take-Off and Landing | |
| ATTOM | Affordable Tidal Turbines via Optimised Manufacture |
|
| ATVP |
Aerospace Technology Validation Programmes |
|
| AU | Acousto-Ultrasonics | |
| AU | Polyesterurethane U-group rubbers | |
| AUI | Acceptable Ultimate Integrity | |
| AUSV | Autonomous unmanned sea vessel | |
| AUT | Automated Ultrasonic Testing | |
| AutoWDA | Automatic Welding Defect Assesssment | |
| AuxetNet |
Auxetic Materials Network |
University of Bolton |
| AV | Applied Voltage | |
| AV | Avicell paper | |
| AVA | Associative Vehicle Architecture | JLR |
| A-VARTM | Advanced VARTM | Mitsubishi/Toray |
| AVASA | Arbitrary Virtual Array Source Aperture | |
| AVGAS | Aviation gasoline/spirit | |
| AVOID | Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector | |
| AWARE | Action on Waste Awareness and Resource Efficiency |
BRE (trading name of Building Research Establishment Limited) |
| AWARE |
Available WAter REmaining |
|
| AWCB |
Agricultural Waste, Co-products and By-products |
|
| AWIC |
Advanced Wing Integration Centre |
|
| AYRS |
Amateur Yacht Research Society |
|
| AZL |
Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production |
Aachener Zentrum für Integrativen Leichtbau |