Towards a regional and urban air mobility future : the development of computational approaches for quantifying trade-offs in electric aircraft design
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Air travel is rapidly changing before our very eyes. From the multitude of ways in which we perceive sustainability to our evolving perspectives on connectivity, transportation by air has once again become a topic of earnest discussion. Once theorized and in some cases attempted modes of air travel that have long been considered impractical or unachievable have again resurfaced to garner substantial attention within industry, government and academia. The focus of this work is one of these modes of air travel - the movement of people, goods and services between confined spaces in densely populated areas. Coined regional and urban air mobility (RUAM), this mode of transportation has reignited the idea of using both short and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that offer advantages in both speed and range compared to personal automobiles, rideshare services and other forms of public ground transportation. Furthermore, these aircraft can potentially facilitate other niche applications such as air ambulances, search and rescue missions, surveillance and commercial cargo delivery. However, despite recent technological advances providing the impetus for realizing RUAM, several questions pertaining to vehicle design, electrification, infrastructure, regulations, and societal constraints remain unanswered. Making inroads into some of these impeding challenges, this dissertation seeks to streamline the understanding of critical aspects of the design process for these aircraft via three key milestones. The first of which is the adoption of computational techniques capable of providing fast and accurate predictions of both physical components as well as the whole aircraft. The second is the representation of realistic flight dynamics for these non-conventional aircraft. Lastly, the third is the use of flight profiles that symbolize realistic routes through urban canyons. Specifically, within this work, the two critical aspects of aircraft noise and propulsive efficiency are positioned under the microscope whereby the nuances of their relationship that manifest at the system-level are identified and explored.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Clarke, Matthew Alexander |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Alonso, Juan José, 1968- |
| Thesis advisor | Alonso, Juan José, 1968- |
| Thesis advisor | Kroo, Ilan |
| Thesis advisor | Lele, Sanjiva K. (Sanjiva Keshava), 1958- |
| Degree committee member | Kroo, Ilan |
| Degree committee member | Lele, Sanjiva K. (Sanjiva Keshava), 1958- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Matthew Alexander Clarke. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xw679hn7192 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Matthew Alexander Clarke
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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