[HTML][HTML] Autonomous eVTOL: A summary of researches and challenges

S Xiang, A Xie, M Ye, X Yan, X Han, H Niu, Q Li… - Green Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the rising concept of advanced air mobility (AAM), electric vertical take-off and
landing (eVTOL) aircraft has become the hotspot for academic research and commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Urban air mobility for last-mile transportation: A review

N Moradi, C Wang, F Mafakheri - Vehicles, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban air mobility (UAM) is a revolutionary approach to transportation in densely populated
cities. UAM involves using small, highly automated aircraft to transport passengers and …

An Efficient and Robust Sizing Method for eVTOL Aircraft Configurations in Conceptual Design

O Ugwueze, T Statheros, N Horri, MA Bromfield, J Simo - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Investigation of a mission-based sizing method for electric VTOL aircraft preliminary design

O Ugwueze, T Statheros, N Horri, M Innocente… - AIAA Scitech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1931. vid Future demands for
Urban Air Mobility solutions has given rise to electrically powered vertical takeoff and …

Transformer-based sensor failure prediction and classification framework for UAVs

MW Ahmad, MU Akram, MM Mohsan, K Saghar… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) heavily rely on sensors to perceive their environment,
ensuring safe flight operations. However, sensor failures can occur unexpectedly …

Trends in eVTOL aircraft development: the concepts, enablers and challenges

O Ugwueze, T Statheros, MA Bromfield… - AIAA Scitech 2023 forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2096. vid By the second quarter of
2022, over 500 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concepts have been …

Deep reinforcement learning assisted spectrum management in cellular based urban air mobility

R Han, H Li, R Apaza, E Knoblock… - IEEE Wireless …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging urban air mobility (UAM) opens a new transportation paradigm to support
increasing mobility demand in metropolitan areas. A major challenge for UAM is to ensure …

Review of Wind Flow Modelling in Urban Environments to Support the Development of Urban Air Mobility

DS Nithya, G Quaranta, V Muscarello, M Liang - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban air mobility (UAM) is a transformative mode of air transportation system technology
that is targeted to carry passengers and goods in and around urban areas using electric …

Control Design for Soft Transition for Landing Preparation of Light Compound-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion

Z Ye, Y Chen, P Cai, H Lyu, Z Gong, J Wu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a soft switching mode for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)
compound-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to achieve a smooth transition between …

Ground Effect on the Thrust Performance of Staggered Rotor System

H Zhu, S Wei, H Nie, Y Du, X Wei - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, the thrust performance of a staggered rotor system in-ground effect (IGE) and
out-of-ground effect (OGE) while considering the interaction on wake characteristics were …