Impact Factor:3.3
DOI number:10.3390/su151612590
Journal:Sustainability
Key Words:Urban air mobility, Electric aircraft, Aircraft performance, Flight guidance law
Abstract:In a typical application scenario for electric aircraft, the emerging urban air mobility is faced with uncertain environmental conditions. To investigate the potential influence of uncertainties, this paper first develops comprehensive models of aircraft rigid body motion and electric propulsive performance. The urban environment model is built with emphasis on wind speed and the heat island effect. Thereafter, a flight guidance law augmented with nonlinear dynamic inversion is proposed to facilitate the performance evaluation of electric aircraft. Multiple simulations at various dates, times, and with different battery aging statuses are conducted. The results show that the battery aging effect and ambient temperature change are the most important factors that influence the aircraft performance. Suggestions to enhance the performance are given based on simulations.
Indexed by:Journal paper
Document Code:12590
First-Level Discipline:Transportation Engineering
Document Type:J
Volume:15
Issue:16
Page Number:1-22
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2023-08-19
Included Journals:SCI
Links to published journals:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/16/12590