Print Email Facebook Twitter Design of a Hydrogen-Powered Crashworthy eVTOL Using Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization Title Design of a Hydrogen-Powered Crashworthy eVTOL Using Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization Author Keijzer, D.M. (Student TU Delft) Simon Soria, C. (ISAE-SUPAERO) Arends, J.J. (Student TU Delft) Sarıgöl, B. (Student TU Delft) Scarano, F. (TU Delft Aerodynamics) Castro, Saullo G.P. (TU Delft Group Giovani Pereira Castro) Date 2024 Abstract As of present the Urban Air Mobility market has been dominated by fully electric aircraft. However, hydrogen vehicles have remained relatively undeveloped in this segment, also because hydrogen poses additional design complexities and uncertainties concerning crashworthiness, fuel cell cooling, and low volumetric density. Nevertheless, hydrogen might yield advantages in mission performance owing to its superior gravimetric energy density and greater sustainability when compared to batteries. In this paper, the design procedure of a four-passenger long-range hydrogen eVTOL using Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization (MADO) is presented. Using MADO, the mission energy of the eVTOL was minimized while abiding by the constraints rooting from the use of hydrogen. Based on this design, the conclusion can be made that the implementation of hydrogen eVTOLs in urban air mobility is feasible whilst taking into account constraints resulting from the use of hydrogen at the preliminary design stage. This led to an aircraft which excels at longer range due to the increased scalability of hydrogen fuel, but having a weight penalty due to auxiliary equipment which hampers its performance and results in a large fuselage and maximum takeoff weight. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fc6541b6-b192-4ba2-8932-a3573b44187a DOI https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2474 Publisher American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) ISBN 978-1-62410-711-5 Source Proceedings of the AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum Event AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024-01-08 → 2024-01-12, Orlando, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2024 D.M. Keijzer, C. Simon Soria, J.J. Arends, B. Sarıgöl, F. Scarano, Saullo G.P. Castro Files PDF keijzer_et_al_2024_design ... design.pdf 1.16 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fc6541b6-b192-4ba2-8932-a3573b44187a/datastream/OBJ/view