Urban Air Mobility

Overview

This course combines the multi-disciplinary aspects of vehicle design and operation. You will learn about concepts related to design – from aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of propulsion systems to powertrain and structural architectures – and operational aspects – such as vehicle control and stability, and ground infrastructure, to be integrated in a specific mission. Participants are given the option to specialize in one (or both) of these two fields.

Outcomes

After taking this this Urban Air Mobility course at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) you will be able to:

• categorize and compare different vehicle typologies, evaluating the technical and regulatory requirements per mission, and anticipating the problems to be solved for each of them.
• evaluate aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance, and additional aspects of integration into urban environments, to produce a complete vehicle design of your choice.
• estimate the structural characteristics for vehicle components such as wings, rotor supports and landing gear.
• discuss flight control, trajectory optimization and manoeuvrability specific to UAM and its integration into the urban environment.
• discuss optimal vertiport layout based on mission and urban environment constraints.