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Títol: Twin-boom design for a 6-seater UAM eVTOL

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Director/a: ALTMEYER, SEBASTIÁN ANDREAS

Departament: FIS

Títol: Twin-boom design for a 6-seater UAM eVTOL

Data inici oferta: 30-01-2025     Data finalització oferta: 30-09-2025


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
    GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Twin-boom tail design, Structure material analysis, Aerodynamic efficiency, Drag reduction, Lift efficiency
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
This work is part of a multidisciplinary project where the student will be part of the work team, and will have the opportunity improve the development of the eVtol in different areas: Lift Engineering, materials, flight mechanics and avionics, and aerodynamics. The main objective is the study and the development of a new twin-boom tail design to improve the necessary requirements of the eVTOL. Working together with different departments of the Project: Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structure & materials.
The work plan will be as follows:
1) Primary research of the eVtol industry and general aviation industry - analysis of existing and possible twin-boom designs
2) Study and development of a variaty of optional materials
3) Work in SolidWorks, Altair or Catia for design and engineering the new tail-boom structure.
4) Analyse the forces and pressures the new tail is subjected to using CFD simulations
5) Study of the efficiency of different setups and configurations.
5) Study of manufacturing costs of the components
6) Evaluation of the most suitable tail-cone design, based on requieremnts and costs
 
Overview (resum en anglès):
In the last decade, eVTOLs have emerged from the necessity of sustainable, versatile and efficient aircrafts in transportation over short to medium distancies. This state-of-the-art industry emerges as a promising technological innovation, not only for urban air mobility but also for medical emergency vehicles. These eVTOL serve as a potential alternative to traditional ground and air transportation, reducing emissions, providing faster and more means of mobility. However, its introduction introduces new challenges making its integration intricate.
The current document outlines the conceptual and technical design of a tail-wing configuration for an eVTOL aircraft, aimed to facilitate medical emergency transportation. The ONAirspace project, developed in part by students from the UPC, seeks to combine the manoeuvrability of helicopters with the speed and range of fixed-wing aircraft, by addressing the necessity of faster medical emergency vehicles for patients, organs and medical personnel. Due to a complete fuselage redesign, a new empennage is necessary. Such tail-wing configuration, in part inspired by other eVTOL tail-wings, shall not block a back door opening designed in the new fuselage. The weight, the structure and aerodynamical parameters will be compared between the proposed tail-wings models, thanks to CFD simulation tools, to then come up with the optimum empennage configuration.

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