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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Advanced air mobility"”.
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Prediction of Handling Qualities Deficiencies for Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft
<p>To date, there are hundreds of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles under development. Most of these vehicles differ significantly from traditional airplanes and rotorcraft when it comes to configuration and handling qualities. Handling qualities for traditional airplanes and rotorcraft are …
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Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to Advanced Air Mobility Traffic Management
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging air transportation concept that leverages new types of aircraft, such as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, to carry passengers or cargo in urban or rural settings. Initial AAM operations will be low-volume, so traffic can be managed …
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Market Mechanisms for Service Provider Operations in Advanced Air Mobility
The proliferation of advanced air mobility (AAM) flights in the form of vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in the near future will require a new air traffic management system adapted for on-demand flights flying at low altitudes and far from existing …
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Safety-Aware Trajectory Generation for Increased Autonomy in Advanced Air Mobility
<p>Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) envisions highly automated aircraft that will enable short and medium range transportation. Unlike conventional aviation, these vehicles are expected to operate closer to populated areas and with increased levels of autonomy, making safe operation under abnormal or …
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Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment of Advanced Air Mobility Systems
… potential to accelerate the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) systems that use unmanned aerial systems for providing mobility services. The efficacy of these systems relies on highly granular, reliable, and trustworthy sensor data. This thesis is motivated by the need to assess …
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Modeling of a Hybrid-Electric System and Design of Control Laws for Hybrid-Electric Urban Air Mobility Power Plants
<p>Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is an emerging market and technology in the aerospace industry. These systems are being developed to overcome traffic congestion. The current designs make use of Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP): either fully electric or hybrid electric. The hybrid engine system …
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Strategic Planning and Deployment of Aerial Assets
The rapid deployment of fleets of small, uncrewed aircraft (drones) for tasks like package delivery or search-and-rescue in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster are some of the most vital and common applications of advanced air mobility. Recognizing that successful drone missions depend on …
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A Community-Based Approach for Hub Placements
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a rapidly emerging sector in the aerospace industry that seeks to revolutionize transportation by integrating highly automated aircraft into the airspace. As AAM technology matures, establishing a network framework and strategic hub locations becomes crucial for …
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Noise And Propulsive Efficiency Interactions For Rotors And Propellers At Constant Thrust
<p>In the emerging market of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), aerospace companies have been designing and prototyping electric and hybrid vehicles to revolutionize travel. These vehicles must have low noise and particulate emissions while also having enough propulsive efficiency to complete the …
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Prediction & Active Control of Multi-Rotor Noise
… been made in designing and implementation of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles (AAMV). However, wider applications in urban areas require addressing several challenges, such as safety and quietness. These vehicles differ from conventional helicopter in that they operate at a relatively lower …
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Navigating Perceptions: How Organizational Type and Message Source Affect Willingness to Fly in Automated Air Taxis
… and business is beginning to emerge. Advanced air mobility (AAM), which uses highly automated aircraft that transport passengers and cargo in the underutilized, low-altitude airspace above and around urban areas, is rapidly becoming a reality (FAA, 2023). These new companies will …
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Increasing Flexibility in the Design and Operation of Instrument Flight Procedures
Instrument Flight Procedures determine aircraft departure and arrival trajectories in terminal airspaces. While their main objective is to ensure safe aircraft navigation, flight procedures also have a significant effect on the capacity, efficiency, access, and noise characteristics of airspaces by …
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Urban Air Mobility: Demand Estimation and Feasibility Analysis
… analysis, and environmental impact of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) or Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). UAM is a concept aerial transportation mode designed for intracity transport of passengers and cargo utilizing autonomous (or piloted) electric vehicles capable of Vertical Take-Off and Landing …
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Advances in Aero-Propulsive Modeling for Fixed-Wing and eVTOL Aircraft Using Experimental Data
Small unmanned aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have recently emerged as vehicles able to perform new missions and stimulate future air transportation methods. This dissertation presents several system identification research advancements for these modern aircraft …
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Propeller Noise Prediction of an Urban Air Mobility Vehicle in Urban Environment
<p>Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles operate in complex, unsteady aerodynamic environments where wake interactions, gust and turbulence significantly affect both performance and noise generation. Understanding these mechanisms is critical for developing quieter and more efficient eVTOL systems that …
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Rookies to Aces: Investigating the Intuitiveness of Pilot Interaction for Operating eVTOL Aircraft
<p>Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft introduce unique movement dimensions beyond traditional fixed-wing and rotor-wing aircraft, requiring novel control interfaces for pilot operation. This study examines the compatibility of gesture-based control movements across participants …