eVTOL Aircraft | Dr. Emre Yılmaz

Introduction

With the introduction of novel eVTOL aircraft and drones into air space, the complexity in aircraft design and air space management will drastically increase. Safety and efficiency concerns must be solved before successful commercial flight operations can begin. In my research related to eVTOL aircraft, the objective is to respond to these concerns by formulating and solving optimization problems that can help enabling these technologies.

In my PhD thesis, I specifically focused on the following subjects for a tandem tiltwing eVTOL aircraft with distributed electric propulsion and redundant flight control systems (Yilmaz, 2023):

Surrogate Modeling for Aeropropulsive Forces and Moments
Control Allocation Optimization for Over-Actuated eVTOL Aircraft (Yilmaz & German, 2024)
Hybrid Automaton-Based Planning
Distributed Electric Propulsion Concepts
Transition Corridors and Tilting Schedule Considerations
Multi-Disciplinary Design and Optimization Frameworks

VSPAERO Solutions

References

2024

J3.AST

Control allocation optimization for an over-actuated tandem tiltwing eVTOL aircraft considering aerodynamic interactions

Emre Yilmaz and Brian J. German

Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024

DOI Bib HTML

@article{yilmaz24,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Control allocation optimization for an over-actuated tandem tiltwing eVTOL aircraft considering aerodynamic interactions},
  journal = {Aerospace Science and Technology},
  volume = {155},
  pages = {109595},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {1270-9638},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ast.2024.109595},
}

2023

PhD Dissertation

Hybrid Automaton Based Nominal and Contingency Planning for an Over-Actuated Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft

Emre Yilmaz

Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023

Bib

@phdthesis{yilmaz23phd,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre},
  title = {Hybrid Automaton Based Nominal and Contingency Planning for an Over-Actuated Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft},
  school = {Georgia Institute of Technology},
  year = {2023},
}