eVtolution
eVTOL mUlti-fideliTy hybrid desIgn and Optimization
for low Noise and high aerodynamic performance
ABOUT THE PROJECT
eVTOLUTION is designed to develop the knowledge, data, tools, and methods that are necessary to understand, model, and optimize aerodynamic performance and noise emissions, accounting for the complex interferences that exist between the propulsion system and the airframe.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No 101138209.
BACKGROUND
This project supports the digital transformation of aircraft design by developing new multi-disciplinary and multi-fidelity simulation tools that will enable novel aircraft architectures with improved aerodynamics and reduced noise emissions. This project addresses more specifically the design issues of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft developed for Urban Air Mobility, but the innovative design/optimization framework that are proposed in this project are equally applicable to other novel aircraft architectures, such as those based on Distributed Electric Propulsion, Boundary Layer Ingestion, or open rotors. One common issue for most novel aircraft concepts is indeed the complexity of the aerodynamic and acoustic interactions between the lift-thrust systems and the airframe.
VKI experimental rig, placed in the ALCOVES anechoic laboratory for the aeroacoustic study of single or coaxial, co- or contra-rotating, free or shrouded rotors, without flight effects