Evaluation of Impact Energy Attenuators and Composite Material Designs of a UAM VTOL Concept Vehicle [PDF]
The development of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) vehicles for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) markets presents a need for light weight vehicle structures with effective occupant protection capabilities.
Littell, Justin, Putnam, Jacob
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AviationThe rapid emergence of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is expected to revolutionize Urban Air Mobility (UAM) as eVTOL enabling low-emission, point-to-point aerial transportation.
Iyad Alomar, Azeem Shafqat
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An Exploration of the Performance and Acoustic Characteristics of UAV-Scale Stacked Rotor Configurations [PDF]
As interest grows in rotor- and propeller-driven electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the Urban Air Mobility market, there is a potential for previously studied concepts to reemerge due to the opportunities afforded by novel ...
Fei, Xiaofan +5 more
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Magnetic Gearing Research at NASA [PDF]
Magnetic gearing is an alternative to mechanical gearing, where torque is transferred through magnetic force as opposed to contact force. The technology has the potential to be used in aircraft applications, without the lubrication, noise, and ...
Asnani, Vivake +2 more
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NASA Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft Technology for Public Services – A White Paper:NASA Transformative Vertical Flight Working Group 4 (TVF4) [PDF]
, 2021 While electric power has been used for decades, recent developments in mobile electric/hybrid propulsion coupled with advanced materials and autonomous systems may create the possibility to transition into the next age of air mobility propelled by ...
Bennet, Edward +9 more
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Baseline Assumptions and Future Research Areas for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles [PDF]
NASA is developing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) concepts to (1) create first-generation reference vehicles that can be used for technology, system, and market studies, and (2) hypothesize second-generation UAM aircraft to determine high-payoff technology ...
Antcliff, Kevin +3 more
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Simulation Evaluations of an Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Network Management and Separation Service [PDF]
This paper presents an initial implementation of an autonomous Urban Air Mobility network management and aircraft separation service for urban airspace that does 1) departure and arrival scheduling across the network, 2) continuous trajectory management ...
Bosson, Christabelle S. +1 more
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Advanced Air Mobility Human factors Considerations for Current eVTOL Pilot Interfaces [PDF]
, 2023 Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a novel transportation concept using electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to move people and cargo in urban and rural environments.
Carmody, Kendall +3 more
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Final Report - Multi-Disciplinary Design and Optimisation of a Long-Range eVTOL Aircraft
, 2021 Javier Alba-Maestre +9 more
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Overview of Electric Propulsion Motor Research for EVTOL
Engineering ProceedingsElectric aviation is the future development direction of aviation industry technology. Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft(eVTOL) is an important carrier of electric aviation, whose technology research and development, processing and ...
Xiaopeng Zhao +4 more
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