Overall eVTOL aircraft design for urban air mobility
Green Energy and Intelligent TransportationElectric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have emerged as a potential alternative to the existing transportation system, offering a transition from two-dimensional commuting and logistics to three-dimensional mobility.
Jiechao Zhang, Yaolong Liu, Yao Zheng
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An Efficient and Robust Sizing Method for eVTOL Aircraft Configurations in Conceptual Design [PDF]
Aerospace, 2023 This paper presents the development of a robust sizing method to efficiently estimate and compare key performance parameters in the conceptual design stage for the two main classes of fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the ...
Osita Ugwueze +4 more
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EVTOL Tilt-Wing Aircraft Design under Uncertainty Using a Multidisciplinary Possibilistic Approach [PDF]
Aerospace, 2023 Recent development in Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft makes it a popular design approach for urban air mobility (UAM). When designing these configurations, due to the uncertainty present in semi-empirical estimations, often used ...
Mohsen Rostami +3 more
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Development and challenges of autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft [PDF]
HeliyonUrban Air Transportation (UAT) encompasses private aircraft, air taxis, and specialized missions. These missions include aerial sightseeing, logistics transportation, emergency response, and anti-terrorism operations.
Lijuan Hu, Xufei Yan, Ye Yuan
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Application of the TOPSIS method for selecting an eVTOL aircraft [PDF]
TehnikaIn this research, we employed the multi-attribute method TOPSIS to evaluate and compare the parameters of 53 Vectored Thrust eVTOL aircraft. The analysis encompassed three separate TOPSIS computations, each of them utilizing distinct approach to evaluate
Bogdanović Vojislav G. +2 more
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Preliminary Sizing of an eVTOL Lift-Cruise Aircraft [PDF]
Abstract This paper describes a methodology for the preliminary design of a lift-cruise aircraft with an electric propulsion system. This methodology has used the actual data of electric vertical take-off and landing to estimate the take-off weight.
M. Al Heidary, Amirreza Kosari
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Design and Flight Simulation Verification of the Dragonfly eVTOL Aircraft [PDF]
DronesRecently, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have become a top priority for urban air transportation due to their ability to overcome urban ground traffic congestion. In this research, a new type of scaled lift–cruise ‘Dragonfly’ has
Wen Zhao +6 more
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Study on the evaluation method of pilot workload in eVTOL aircraft operation [PDF]
HeliyonThis paper investigates the pilot control strategy and workload associated with the manned electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This research aims to identify control strategies that are both rational and effective in reducing the ...
Lijuan Hu, Xufei Yan, Ye Yuan
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Optimisation of proprotors for tilt-wing eVTOL aircraft
Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 Shahfiq Shahjahan +3 more
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A Performance Comparison of eSTOL and eVTOL Aircraft [PDF]
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM, 2021 Christopher Courtin +4 more
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